Is it always the same files that aren't decrypting, or is it truly random? On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 16:22 Dr. Basil Becker <ba...@basilbecker.de> wrote:
> Hello, > > Peter, thanks for the clarification. I understand your point ;) > > On 08.02.2017 20:05, Peter Lebbing wrote: > > Hello, > > > >> I wrote about the problem in more detail at launchpad.net > >> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/+question/452490 > > > > I think it is appreciated if you actually describe the problem on the > > mailing list itself rather than only linking to a website. > > > I'm having a setup consisting of a main key, and three sub-keys for > encryption, authorization and signature. The three sub-keys are stored > on a Yubikey 4 smart-card. > > Authentication and signatures work like a charme. I'm only having > problems concerning the decryption of mails I received. I'm using > thunderbird together with enigmail to read my mails, but as the problem > also occurrs at the CLI, I assume that enigmail is not part of the puzzle. > > Well, some messages could be successfully decrypted: > bb@melmac:~$ gpg2 -vv --output /dev/null -d /tmp/message.txt > gpg: armor: BEGIN PGP MESSAGE > gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v2 > # off=0 ctb=85 tag=1 hlen=3 plen=400 > :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 1, keyid DBC1D85BA9D1D189 > data: [3103 bits] > gpg: public key is 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189 > gpg: using subkey 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189 instead of primary key > 0x8501968486DF0281 > gpg: public key encrypted data: good DEK > # off=403 ctb=d2 tag=18 hlen=2 plen=0 partial new-ctb > :encrypted data packet: > length: unknown > mdc_method: 2 > gpg: using subkey 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189 instead of primary key > 0x8501968486DF0281 > gpg: encrypted with 3104-bit RSA key, ID 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189, created > 2017-01-10 > "Dr. Basil Becker <ba...@basilbecker.de>" > gpg: AES256 encrypted data > # off=424 ctb=a3 tag=8 hlen=1 plen=0 indeterminate > :compressed packet: algo=2 > # off=426 ctb=cb tag=11 hlen=2 plen=0 partial new-ctb > :literal data packet: > mode b (62), created 1486478293, name="", > raw data: unknown length > gpg: original file name='' > gpg: decryption okay > > > Some messages, however, fail to decrypt: > bb@melmac:~$ gpg2 -vv --output /dev/null -d /tmp/message-fail.txt > gpg: armor: BEGIN PGP MESSAGE > gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v2 > # off=0 ctb=85 tag=1 hlen=3 plen=400 > :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 1, keyid DBC1D85BA9D1D189 > data: [3104 bits] > gpg: public key is 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189 > gpg: using subkey 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189 instead of primary key > 0x8501968486DF0281 > # off=403 ctb=d2 tag=18 hlen=2 plen=0 partial new-ctb > :encrypted data packet: > length: unknown > mdc_method: 2 > gpg: using subkey 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189 instead of primary key > 0x8501968486DF0281 > gpg: encrypted with 3104-bit RSA key, ID 0xDBC1D85BA9D1D189, created > 2017-01-10 > "Dr. Basil Becker <ba...@basilbecker.de>" > gpg: public key decryption failed: Hardware problem > gpg: decryption failed: No secret key > > The only difference I see, is that the pubkey data is 3103 bits vs 3104 > bits. Unfortunately, I have no idea, whether this is a meaningful > difference and if this > > If anyone could help me identifying what my problem is or even to solve > it, I'd appreciate it :) If you need any additional information or > dedicated log-output, I'm happy to provide it. > > Cheers, > Basil > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -- Adam Sherman Directeur des opérations, Sauvetage bénévole Outaouais Director of Operations, Ottawa Volunteer SAR CTO, Versature Corp. +1 613 797 6819
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