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[#3498] PGP and message verification
Summary PGP and message verification
Queue IMP
Queue Version HEAD
Type Bug
State Not A Bug
Priority 1. Low
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Requester adrieder (at) sbox (dot) tugraz (dot) at
Created 02/16/2006 (7106 days ago)
Due
Updated 06/21/2006 (6981 days ago)
Assigned
Resolved 02/17/2006 (7105 days ago)
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06/21/2006 10:12:09 PM michael (dot) menge (at) zdv (dot) uni-tuebingen (dot) de Comment #3 Reply to this comment
I think ther should be a hint that the signature is valid but that the 
adresses don't match
02/17/2006 02:40:48 PM Jan Schneider State ⇒ Not A Bug
 
02/17/2006 12:23:49 PM harakiri_23 (at) yahoo (dot) com Comment #2 Reply to this comment
If I get a PGP signed message where the sender or from address is not
the one or one to wich the sinature belongs, IMP still tells me "The
message has been verified."
Shouldn't it complain that the from address does not match the signature?
No it shouldnt - actually its more a philosopical question then a 
security question.



I give you SMIME for example, SMIME v2 said - email and certificate 
email must match. SMIME v3 says, its no longer required.



The big plus for PGP was always that you are not bound to the 
certificate email address (for encrypting i.e.)



To return to your original question - lets assume you have a group 
account with multiple members but only the pgp signing key for the 
group itself (lets say support) do you think that the signature is 
invalid just because it was send by joe average from the support group 
? No. generally speaking - everyone who has the secret key is normally 
authorized to sign a message no matter which email address he uses


02/16/2006 05:35:29 PM adrieder (at) sbox (dot) tugraz (dot) at Comment #1
State ⇒ Unconfirmed
Priority ⇒ 1. Low
Type ⇒ Bug
Summary ⇒ PGP and message verification
Queue ⇒ IMP
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If I get a PGP signed message where the sender or from address is not 
the one or one to wich the sinature belongs, IMP still tells me "The 
message has been verified."

Shouldn't it complain that the from address does not match the signature?

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