>>I'm encrypting some files with PGP using a c# routine.
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>>When I decrypt my file I get a warning message but it decrypts anyway
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>>the message is "pgp signature for the message is not valid cannot find the public key [0xADD8A988] in the pubring. Do you want to proceed and decrypt it anyway "
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>>I'm not sure what that message is telling me ?
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>>any ideas ?
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>>The file decrypts ok
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>I was not aware there was support for PGP in .NET. Is this a C# library or there is some support in .NET to achieve that? The reason I ask is that I am using Gpg4win and never received that message. I am wondering if this is really in the core PGP functionalities or something extra added as additional validation.

Hi Michel

I'm using bouncycastle.dll to encrypt and was testing decryption by using PortablePGP (a download). The message is coming from portablePGP.