[ILUG] GPG signed messages

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Wed Jul 28 17:54:31 IST 2004


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Hash: SHA1


Aidan Delaney writes:
> Hey all,
> 	Should GPG signed emails be done inline like
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> blah
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)
> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
> 
> iD8DBQFBB9i9nlbhELOidY0RArSmAKCk1Edk46t8oatI/zqBTBzdPnsDeACfV+2W
> 1o10FvrvMRuHl1S3+zhLZ8Y=
> =9OCv
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> 
> or as muti-part like this
> 
> --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy
> Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
> Content-Disposition: inline
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)
> 
> iD8DBQFBB5YdVg0IYe59x04RAi09AKDBghf3ZKZcceMZV+uROrZ+GVMiPQCgomsL
> 66Yak8wQ4Q1HbXKTX13i1Qw=
> =DpTc
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> 
> --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--
> 
> or are both ok?

The multipart is more correct and "modern", but naturally MS Outlook fails
to display it correctly.   So most people use the older, non-MIME style to
work around that.

- --j.
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