question to crypto experts
[email protected] Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:46:36 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.devel |
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| Organization | I tried the instruction given without success so it seems that the issue isn't fixed by the backports |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, not directly related to gpg... AFAIK short messages are weak to build a strong message, but my question is related to kbdx files, that are widely used by password managers the specs are available at : https://keepass.info/help/kb/kdbx.html basically, this is an encrypted xml file with an header my question is : knowing that the file will begin with "<xml" does it make it weak to decryption attack, and can it be used to get the key? if yes, how do gpg protect a single file in a way that an attacker knowing a part of the file can't decypher it? thanks and regards JLM