[Enigmail] Sign Test results...

[John Clizbe]

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Barry Smith wrote:
> First sign test  -- failed     no key copy
> Second sign test -- passed     wrong key copied
> Third sign test  -- passed     right key copied
> 
> All three signature blocks are different, signed by the same key 0x58A3CABD.
>  
> For some reason, I thought the signature block in a signed email was more
> like the key fingerprint, in that it wouldn't change.  I guess the
> signing signature block is more like a checksum or a CRC of a message.

message different --> signature different

that is one of the *major* features of a cryptographic hash, no matter which
hash or the key size you use


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