On 7/24/2019 11:52 AM, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > > ----- On Jul 24, 2019, at 2:56 AM, David [email protected] wrote: > >> Lentes, Bernd: >>> Hi ML, >>> >>> i'm new to GPG, so please excuse asking silly questions. >>> I managed to create my keys with "gpg2 --gen-key" >>> I wrote an e-Mail to [email protected] with the subject "Mein öffentlicher >>> Schlüssel", which is german for "my public key". >>> Shortly thereafter i got an encrypted response which, i assume, i have to >>> decrypt with my private key. >>> I pasted the encrypted stuff into a file and then tried to decrypt: >>> >>> gpg2 -d nachricht.txt >>> >>> I've been asked for the passphrase for my private key which i entered, but >>> then >>> i got the following error: >>> >>> gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID F742DB29, created 2019-07-23 >>> "Bernd Lentes (Helmholtz GPG Schluessel) >>> <[email protected]>" >>> gpg: Fatal: zlib inflate problem: invalid code lengths set >>> >>> The file has a size of 68 KB, could that be the culprit ? >>> >>> Bernd >>> >> >> The simpe rules are as follows: >> >> (1) You encrypt to another persons public key >> (2) You decrypt with your private key >> > > Hi David, > thanks for your response. > I know these simple rules. > >> That's it! >> >> You can sign your emails - this means no one can tamper with them whilst >> in transit - if it was tampered with then there's an eror in the check >> sum of the message. >> > > I sent a cleartext e-Mail with my public key to [email protected] (which is an > automated system for practicing encryption and decryption) > and i got an answer which is encrypted. I think it's encrypted with my public > key so i should be able > to decrypt it with my private key. That's what i tried. But i got the message > while decrypting: > > gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID F742DB29, created 2019-07-23 > "Bernd Lentes (Helmholtz GPG Schluessel) > <[email protected]>" > gpg: Fatal: zlib inflate problem: invalid code lengths set > > What does this meesage mean ? > >
I might be rong here, but I would use build-in GPG capability in my e-mail client to decrypt the encrypted e-mail. Do you have the same error if you encrypt and decrypt a file? -- John Doe _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
