Re: authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG

["Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

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On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, seh@panix.com wrote:

> So far, I noticed that `make-temp-file' (used in
> gnus-encrypt-gpg-process-buffer) does not exist in XEmacs. I used
> `make-temp-name' instead.

I don't use XEmacs, so thanks for catching that.  Can I get your
changes as a patch?  If it's trivial don't worry about it.

>> Just call the functions gnus-encrypt-insert-file-contents and
>> gnus-encrypt-write-file-contents directly after customizing
>> gnus-encrypt-file-alist.
> 
> I don't understand. Is this encryption stuff not hooked into Gnus in
> any way? That might explain my experience with it so far.

No.  netrc.el has temporary encryption support right now, but don't
use it.  I just wanted you to test the gnus-encrypt.el functions on
their own and see if they work reliably for you.

> I encrypted my .authinfo file using gnus-encrypt-write-file-contents
> (gpg, AES), but when I then fire up Gnus I don't get prompted for a
> password, and Gnus can't read the file.
> 
> I used the Customize interface to add an entry to
> gnus-encrypt-file-alist, which wound up looking like this:
> 
>   (("/home/sharris/.authinfo" (gpg "AES")))
> 
> Note that the gpg and cipher specification are in a nested list, which
> differs from the example alist:
> 
>   '(("/home/tzz/alpha" gpg "AES") ; GPG on single file
>     ;; xor encryption on all files matching "beta"
>     ("beta" gnus-encrypt-xor "Semi-Secret"))

See attached new version, I think that's OK now.

So test the internal gnus-encrypt.el functions again, and if they work
OK for you I'll add them to netrc.el so they're used automatically
(based on the gnus-encrupt-file-alist contents).

Ted


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