Hi there
It looks like we're having issues with the ACII text when copying/pasting to our textedit from the site. It took help from someone here before we could import a buyers private key, but it worked. All we need to do is decrypt buyers messages to us that they PM us on the site, but every time comes 'Decrypt failed, Code = 0.'
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there some small tricks that is available to be used, like a spacing which is getting deleted, or the font being changed? Has anyone else experienced cross-platform compatibility issues?
Thanks in advance
NS
I hope you just made a typo above... I most certainly hope that you're NOT importing buyers' private keys.
If you're going to be using TextEdit, you simply MUST turn OFF Rich Text Format (.rtf).
N.B.: To properly be able to import a PGP key into GPGChain (via TextEdit) you need to change the default on TextEdit from .rtf to plain text. You can do that through the Format menu, or you can go through the main configuration menu, accessible by using Command-comma. Ensure the plain text radio button is selected.
Also ensure that the following are UNCHECKED in TextEdit preferences: smart quotes, smart dashes, smart links.
Also, for any keys that you retrieve from the customer's Forum profile, you have to remove the leading spaces. In other words, the first character of the key should be in line 1, not line 4:
When you copy/ppaste your key from the Forum, it will likely look like this:
PGP Public Key:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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=gmX9
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Note the leading spaces ... this will cause PGP/GPG to choke on the key.
To properly import a key, it should look like this:
PGP Public Key:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
mQINBFKKM2oBEAClW4b3DpnQxeCv0B/X2EAuYLekBf2Q9BuNXHp3PoTv0o7QxZBk
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=gmX9
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Note the lack of leading spaces.
Nightcrawler
4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22 Nightcrawler <Nightcrawler@SR>
PGP Key Fingerprint = D870 C6AC CC6E 46B0 E0C7 3955 B8F1 D88E BBF7 433B
Security is a bit like religion... some things have to be taken on faith.
Where security differs from religion is that security is NOT retroactive.
Unlike Christianity, where you can come to Jesus, be 'saved' and have all
your sins washed away, with security you can adopt Tails or PGP, and be
secure from that point forward, but rest assured that your previous sins
(security failings) WILL come back to haunt you and bite you in the ass.
The original DPR is the poster child for that, right now.