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gpg --list-packets should show symmetric algorithm for PKESK (if decryptable)
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gpg --list-packets tries to decrypt PKESKs where possible.

however, when it describes a PKESK, it only shows the asymmetric algorithm (of the encrypting public key), not the symmetric algorithm (of the encrypted session key). It would be nice if --list-packets could report both (and to make it clear which is which).

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werner triaged this task as Normal priority.Aug 26 2017, 8:34 AM

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I just landed at

E2EMail

and some article about it at Wired magazine called:

AFTER 3 YEARS, WHY GMAIL’S END-TO-END ENCRYPTION IS STILL VAPOR

The comment from aa above appears to be misdirected/spam.