Re: "gpg key file decryption failed"

["Christian (aka Neodaxus)" <neodaxus@xxxxxxx>]

Hi!

[Christian Kujau]
> try to avoid "very" special characters, char-mapping is voodoo anyway.

So even if I (when creating rootkey.gpg) press Shift+5 and on the 
console a % is shown (German key mapping), and before encrypting / I do 
the same and also a % is shown, it may happen that when using % in the 
password it won't work?

How can that be explained?

> also they can increase the amount of time of brute-force attacks, you
> might have a system later on where you are unable to generate (i.e. type
> with your keyboard) these special characters.

Which special characters do you consider safe?

> > How can I change my passphrase? [...]
> > Is there a way to create a second valid passphrase (to avoid to lock
> > me out if the new passphrase won't work)?
[replies by Christian Kujau and Jari]

Thanks. I suggest to add these 2 questions and answers to the loop-AES 
README, and also possibly some observation about characters which should 
be avoided in the passphrase.

Regards,

Christian


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