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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@sequoia-pgp.org>2021-10-30 11:50:28 +0300
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@sequoia-pgp.org>2021-10-30 11:50:28 +0300
commitec1f4a5450f1a400c1db58f53c4b22e5fbf3b2f3 (patch)
treed1269c34476925c65d00e38ae385d13eb00e2366
parent73bda4540b67406884f5472ef0dd4dc6992e0487 (diff)
downloadsq-user-guide-ec1f4a5450f1a400c1db58f53c4b22e5fbf3b2f3.tar.gz
note why not writing unverified data
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@@ -729,7 +729,8 @@ sq decrypt --recipient-key key.pgp --output decrypted.md bar.pgp
The output is written to `decrypted.md`. If the encrypted data was
also signed, and you add the `--signer-cert cert.pgp` option, the
decryption will check the signature. If the signature fails to match,
-the data is not written into the output file.
+the data is not written into the output file to avoid anyone trusting
+an unauthenticated message.