How are spoof decryptions prevented?

[Ben Laurie]

Denis.Russell@ncl.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> At 12:42 pm +0100 3/8/99, Ben Laurie wrote:
> >Denis.Russell@ncl.ac.uk wrote:
> >...
> >> I suspect this may not suffice. :-)
> >
> >Particularly not if the ciphertext in question is clearly generated by
> >PGP or the like.
> ...
> 
> Were I sending messages about which I was really worried about being
> ordered to decrypt at some time in the future on pain of jail or mutilation
> of sensitive extremities, I would probably strip headers from PGP, xor them
> with some pirate software, hide the result on the noise of softish porno
> gifs, and send them in turn by some other fairly secure method. Belt and
> braces man, me. :-)

The problem is, of course, that you, the sender, will not be ordered to
decrypt them. The recipient will.

Cheers,

Ben.

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