Hi Say I encrypt a file to myself using my public key, and only I will ever need or want to access the plaintext. The file will be stored on an untrusted drive somewhere. I don't care about authenticity, in the sense that I'll never need to prove to someone else that it was actually I that sent that file. All I care is that I can get the plaintext, and no-one else can.
I've read that it's a good idea to sign this file too, but I'm not sure why. Surely if the file is changed then I've lost that data anyway, and the file will fail to decrypt. Is there some feasible attack that could change the encrypted data in such a way that I won't notice it when I decrypt the file, but somehow the file will still decrypt? Thanks Chris Poole PGP key: BAD246F9 _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
