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  • 1.  Help on pgp verfiy return code of 3113: data is armored

    Posted Oct 23, 2013 01:57 PM

    When I run a pgp command line "verify" command on a file, I get  *.pgp:verify (3113:data is armored). Have no clue what this means and how to resolve it?  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.



  • 2.  RE: Help on pgp verfiy return code of 3113: data is armored

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 24, 2013 04:37 AM

    ASCII Armor is an encoding binary to text format representing encrypted message in ASCII format. Otherwords encrypted file is a binary file but it is saved as output ASCII armored text file.

    As example below:

    C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Command Line>pgp --verify c:\users\Administ
    rator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc -v
    pgp:verify (3157:current local time 2013-11-13T00:28:19-08:00)
    C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\PGP\pubring.pkr:open keyrings (1006:public keyr
    ing)
    C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\PGP\secring.skr:open keyrings (1007:private key
    ring)
    c:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc:verify (3188:Version, Encrypti
    on Desktop 10.3.0 (Build 8741))
    c:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc:verify (3188:Version, Encrypti
    on Desktop 10.3.0 (Build 8741))
    Decoding file c:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc... 100% (Γ╕ѵÿ▒τ
    îÑ)
    c:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc:verify (3113:data is armored)
     Alg  Type Size/Type Flags   Key ID     User ID
    ----- ---- --------- ------- ---------- -------
     RSA4 pair 2048/2048 [---E-] 0xFE066637 Administrator <Administrator@pgp.lab>
     RSA  sig?           [  -E ] 0x8481423B
     RSA  sig            [  -- ] 0xFE066637 Administrator <Administrator@pgp.lab>
          uid            [-  - ]            Administrator <postmaster@pgp.lab>
     RSA  sig?           [  -E ] 0x8481423B
     RSA  sig            [  -- ] 0xFE066637 Administrator <Administrator@pgp.lab>
    1 key found
    c:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc:verify (3055:data contains the
     key 0xFE066637 Administrator <Administrator@pgp.lab>)
    c:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Administrator1.asc:verify (0:verify complete)

    C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Command Line>

     

    More information can be found here:

    http://www.techopedia.com/definition/23150/ascii-armor

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-to-text_encoding

    and also including this PGP forum thread https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/pgp-encryption-question

    HTH