GPA is returning error after upgrade from 16.04LTS to 18.10
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I've used GPA (GNU Privacy Assistant) successfully for years starting from 12.10 to 16.04LTS. Yesterday I made update to 18.04LTS and then to 18.10 and find that it cannot encrypt or decrypt any file in its File Manager. The following error is displayed instead:
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upgrade encryption gnupg
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I've used GPA (GNU Privacy Assistant) successfully for years starting from 12.10 to 16.04LTS. Yesterday I made update to 18.04LTS and then to 18.10 and find that it cannot encrypt or decrypt any file in its File Manager. The following error is displayed instead:
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upgrade encryption gnupg
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
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It seems that issue is related to "message integrity protection" (?). When I tried to decrypt the same file from command line using gpg, the following error is displayed: gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected gpg: Hint: If this message was created before the year 2003 it is likely that this message is legitimate. This is because back then integrity protection was not widely used. gpg: Use the option '--ignore-mdc-error' to decrypt anyway. gpg: decryption forced to fail!
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:01
Additionally, freshly encrypted file (i.e. using GPA on 18.10) can be decrypted without problem.
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:19
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I've used GPA (GNU Privacy Assistant) successfully for years starting from 12.10 to 16.04LTS. Yesterday I made update to 18.04LTS and then to 18.10 and find that it cannot encrypt or decrypt any file in its File Manager. The following error is displayed instead:
error message
upgrade encryption gnupg
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
prasimix
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I've used GPA (GNU Privacy Assistant) successfully for years starting from 12.10 to 16.04LTS. Yesterday I made update to 18.04LTS and then to 18.10 and find that it cannot encrypt or decrypt any file in its File Manager. The following error is displayed instead:
error message
upgrade encryption gnupg
upgrade encryption gnupg
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
prasimix
31
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
prasimix
31
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
prasimix
31
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
prasimix
31
asked Dec 2 at 8:06
prasimix
31
31
It seems that issue is related to "message integrity protection" (?). When I tried to decrypt the same file from command line using gpg, the following error is displayed: gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected gpg: Hint: If this message was created before the year 2003 it is likely that this message is legitimate. This is because back then integrity protection was not widely used. gpg: Use the option '--ignore-mdc-error' to decrypt anyway. gpg: decryption forced to fail!
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:01
Additionally, freshly encrypted file (i.e. using GPA on 18.10) can be decrypted without problem.
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:19
add a comment |
It seems that issue is related to "message integrity protection" (?). When I tried to decrypt the same file from command line using gpg, the following error is displayed: gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected gpg: Hint: If this message was created before the year 2003 it is likely that this message is legitimate. This is because back then integrity protection was not widely used. gpg: Use the option '--ignore-mdc-error' to decrypt anyway. gpg: decryption forced to fail!
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:01
Additionally, freshly encrypted file (i.e. using GPA on 18.10) can be decrypted without problem.
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:19
It seems that issue is related to "message integrity protection" (?). When I tried to decrypt the same file from command line using gpg, the following error is displayed: gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected gpg: Hint: If this message was created before the year 2003 it is likely that this message is legitimate. This is because back then integrity protection was not widely used. gpg: Use the option '--ignore-mdc-error' to decrypt anyway. gpg: decryption forced to fail!
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:01
It seems that issue is related to "message integrity protection" (?). When I tried to decrypt the same file from command line using gpg, the following error is displayed: gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected gpg: Hint: If this message was created before the year 2003 it is likely that this message is legitimate. This is because back then integrity protection was not widely used. gpg: Use the option '--ignore-mdc-error' to decrypt anyway. gpg: decryption forced to fail!
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:01
Additionally, freshly encrypted file (i.e. using GPA on 18.10) can be decrypted without problem.
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:19
Additionally, freshly encrypted file (i.e. using GPA on 18.10) can be decrypted without problem.
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:19
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It seems that issue is related to "message integrity protection" (?). When I tried to decrypt the same file from command line using gpg, the following error is displayed: gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected gpg: Hint: If this message was created before the year 2003 it is likely that this message is legitimate. This is because back then integrity protection was not widely used. gpg: Use the option '--ignore-mdc-error' to decrypt anyway. gpg: decryption forced to fail!
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:01
Additionally, freshly encrypted file (i.e. using GPA on 18.10) can be decrypted without problem.
– prasimix
Dec 2 at 12:19