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Bug 300991 - "invalid signature" error is wrong
"invalid signature" error is wrong
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 256878
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.2.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-04-17 19:03 UTC by lsof
Modified: 2005-08-30 02:11 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10


Description lsof 2005-04-17 19:03:22 UTC 
Distribution/Version: FC4t2

I have a pgp signed message with a red warning at the bottom "Invalid signature".
This isn't true - if I click the button next to it, it tells me "Cannot check
signature", which is the real problem.

The "invalid signature" message is wrong and misleading because it implies the
message has been altered in transmit.
Comment 1 ximian 2005-07-01 20:30:05 UTC 
Please can someone confirm this?
I see it every day.
Comment 2 Not Zed 2005-07-29 02:06:19 UTC 
invalid/can't check - it can't be validated, what's the difference, it means the
same thing.
Comment 3 lsof 2005-07-29 06:40:39 UTC 
No it doesn't.

"invalid" means that the signature is invalid, i.e. the message has been
tampered with
"can't check" means it can't check the signature - it might have been tampered
with, it might not.
Comment 4 Not Zed 2005-08-30 02:11:34 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 256878 ***