Fw: BugReport: Eudora Pro 4.0 and PGP 5.5.2 Plug-In

[Scott Fullerton <sfullerton@glhec.org>]

Pulled from comp.security.pgp.tech

Gerhard R. Wittreich <wittregr@wittnet.com> wrote in message 
<34ab96f8.77425906@snews.zippo.com>...
> I contacted PGP Inc. today and verified that the problem described
> below is a known bug with the PGP 5.5 plug-ins and Eudora Pro 4.0.
> They are working on a fix but there is no projected release date.
>
> --Gerhard
>
> wittregr@wittnet.com (Gerhard R. Wittreich) wrote:
>
> >bobo@ix.netcorn.com wrote:
> >
> >>On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 16:26:24 GMT, wittregr@wittnet.com (Gerhard R. 
Wittreich)
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>After upgrading to Eudora Pro4/PGP 5.5 I am no longer able to verify
> >>>signed messages.  I have tried a variety of ways to create and use PGP
> >>>...
> >>>The only way for me to get a Good signature is to encrypt and sign the
> >>>entire note.  Eudora decrypts and verifies signature successfully.
> >>>
> >>>Has anyone else had this problem with Eudora?
> >>
> >>Yep.  Ditto here.  I was able to get a verified signature, however, but   
pressing
> >>the edit (pencil) icon, going to the left of the first character in the 
message
> >>and backspacing once.
> >
> >I've confirmed your solution with one addition.  If you have a
> >signature file you need to do the same thing for the signature text.
> >It appears that Eudora/PGP plug-in adds a CR-LF before the main body
> >of the note and before the signature file after the note has been PGP
> >signed.
> >
> >I have seen the same reaction with Outlook 98b2.  I signed a note on
> >Outlook and received it with Eudora.  To get a good PGP signature I
> >had to remove one character from the beginning of the main body and
> >one just before the e-mail(not PGP) signature file.
> >
> >I tried the same experiment mailing from Outlook 98 to Outlook 98 and
> >do not find the same problem.
> >
> >The final test I ran was from Eudora to Outlook.  That test failed
> >completely since the note that arrived on Outlook was missing the
> >entire PGP message header:
> >
> >              -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >              Hash: SHA1
> >
> >IMHO...It appears the problem lies solely with the Eudora Pro 4.0/PGP
> >5.5.x combination.
> >
>
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> |    Gerhard R. Wittreich, MCSE     |     Ravenet Systems, Inc.    |
> |  Microsoft Certified Professional |        (302) 234-3800        |
> |          System Engineer          |     Wilmington, Delaware     |
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