[Fwd: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?]

The forwarded message is an Enigmail problem report which was posted to
GnuPG-Users.  There is no cause for concern or panic right now: user
error seems to be the most likely cause.  I suspect the user failed to
use PGP/MIME, which meant the attachment was transmitted in the clear.

That said, we take all problem reports seriously.  We are looking into
this matter, and if there turns out to be anything wrong with Enigmail
we will certainly let people know.

	-- Rob, writing for the team

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:53:06 +0200 (CEST)
From: wittau <at> lnxnt.org
To: gnupg-devel <at> gnupg.org

Hello everyone,

I´m not a developer but I encountered a strange behavior regarding gpg
encrypted messages. Maybe I discovered a critical bug, maybe I´m
absolutely wrong. I try to be as precise as possible.

The situation was an Enigmail installation at a USB-Stick for Windows,
with encrypted mails. We tried to find a possibility for decrypting some
.pdf files at MacOS 9 from this USB-Stick. So we searched about the
right mails in the text-files, and copied the encrypted code to a text
file. At BBEdit I added the lines "----- begin pgp message -----" and
"------ end pgpg message -----" to the encrypted text.

Re: [Fwd: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?]

Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> The forwarded message is an Enigmail problem report which was posted to
> GnuPG-Users.  There is no cause for concern or panic right now: user
> error seems to be the most likely cause.  I suspect the user failed to
> use PGP/MIME, which meant the attachment was transmitted in the clear.
> 
> That said, we take all problem reports seriously.  We are looking into
> this matter, and if there turns out to be anything wrong with Enigmail
> we will certainly let people know.
> 
> 
> 	-- Rob, writing for the team

As I wrote over on GnuPG-Users:
> Yep. I'd bet your "Encrypted attachments" are nothing more than attachments.
> Check the MIME headers in the original message. Individual files are attached
> unencrypted. If the sender wants them encrypted, PGP/MIME must be used to
> encrypt the _entire_ email as one unit.

> Rather than PGP 6.0 on the Mac, why didn't you install a recent GnuPG version?
> Checkout the MacGPG project.

The /other/ thing to try is to have the OP install MacGPG and Mac Thunderbird +
Enigmail. Then copy the USB mail directories to a profile on the Mac and check
them there. Without actually seeing one of these emails, we have no idea what
the OP is really talking about.

But, until more data shows otherwise, I'm applying Occam and sticking with
Base-64ed attachments are being mistaken for "encrypted attachments".

Re: [Fwd: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?]

Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> The forwarded message is an Enigmail problem report which was posted to
> GnuPG-Users.  There is no cause for concern or panic right now: user
> error seems to be the most likely cause.  I suspect the user failed to
> use PGP/MIME, which meant the attachment was transmitted in the clear.

Even if PGP/MIME was used; Enigmail had already 'decrypted' it when the
User chose to 'Save' it to the Desktop.

> That said, we take all problem reports seriously.  We are looking into
> this matter, and if there turns out to be anything wrong with Enigmail
> we will certainly let people know.

Of course!

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Monday 07 Sep 2009, 13:01  --400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Re: [Fwd: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?]

Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> The forwarded message is an Enigmail problem report which was posted to
> GnuPG-Users.  There is no cause for concern or panic right now: user
> error seems to be the most likely cause.  I suspect the user failed to
> use PGP/MIME, which meant the attachment was transmitted in the clear.
> 
> That said, we take all problem reports seriously.  We are looking into
> this matter, and if there turns out to be anything wrong with Enigmail
> we will certainly let people know.
> 
> 
> 	-- Rob, writing for the team
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:53:06 +0200 (CEST)
> From: wittau <at> lnxnt.org
> To: gnupg-devel <at> gnupg.org
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I´m not a developer but I encountered a strange behavior regarding gpg
> encrypted messages. Maybe I discovered a critical bug, maybe I´m
> absolutely wrong. I try to be as precise as possible.

Re: [Fwd: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?]

John Clizbe wrote on 07.09.09 19:59:

> The /other/ thing to try is to have the OP install MacGPG and Mac Thunderbird +
> Enigmail.

The user has a Mac OS 9 installation. There is no Thunderbird and/or
enigmail solution available for this OS. The probably most recent
pgp/gpg compatible and freely available solution is pgp 6.5.8(i) I used
until around 2003.

> Then copy the USB mail directories to a profile on the Mac and check
> them there. Without actually seeing one of these emails, we have no idea what
> the OP is really talking about.

Ack.

> But, until more data shows otherwise, I'm applying Occam and sticking with
> Base-64ed attachments are being mistaken for "encrypted attachments".

This is quite more likely, just as the key without passphrase, as Phil
outlined.

But as long as the data are available, nobody can tell for sure.

Ludwig

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Re: [Fwd: strange behavior/maybe a critical bug?]

On 07.09.2009 21:05, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote:

> But as long as the data are available, nobody can tell for sure.

Ooops, meant to say: "But as long as the data are *NOT* available,
nobody can tell for sure."

Ludwig
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Problems with german umlauts in path or attachment

Hello

I'm using enigmail with icedove on Debian Lenny. If I attach a file the
signature of the attachment fails if there is a german umlaut in the
pathname. Enigmail tells, that the file doesn't exist. But it is there.

What can I do? Thanks in advance for your help.

Frank Becker

Re: Problems with german umlauts in path or attachment

Frank Becker wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm using enigmail with icedove on Debian Lenny. If I attach a file the
> signature of the attachment fails if there is a german umlaut in the
> pathname. Enigmail tells, that the file doesn't exist. But it is there.
> 
> What can I do? Thanks in advance for your help.

Update to Enigmail v0.96.0

-Patrick

Re: Problems with german umlauts in path or attachment

> Update to Enigmail v0.96.0
> -Patrick

Hello Patrick,

I did so but the problem still exists.
The errormessage is:
gpg: '/home/apo-promotion/Projekte/Töniesweg 15/A Zettel.pdf' cannot be
opened. File or directory not found.
gpg: signing failed: Error opening the file.

If the file has no german umlauts everybody is ok.

Frank

Re: Problems with german umlauts in path or attachment

Hi Frank,

> gpg: '/home/apo-promotion/Projekte/Töniesweg 15/A Zettel.pdf' cannot be
> opened. File or directory not found.

Are you sure? Is "A Zettel.pdf" the name of the file?!

Olav