From: "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Subject: Re: authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now
Date: 5 Aug 2004 18:05:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4npt65ckbe.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jk4d626zr4f.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com> (Steven E. Harris's message of "Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:37:36 -0700")
On Wed, 04 Aug 2004, seh@panix.com wrote:
> I rebuilt Gnus from CVS and can confirm that using an encrypted
> .authinfo file works as promised. I only get asked for my password
> once and Gnus authenticates with all servers automatically.
I have to follow up on Simon's message about this, but I think the
situation is pretty stable as of now and you shouldn't expect the
netrc.el - gnus-encrypt.el interface to change significantly any time
soon.
> One observation: Exiting Gnus seems to clear the password cache. Is
> that intentional?
Yes, absolutely.
> If so, could it be optional?
No. The whole point is to hide information from people who can read
your files by using a "master" password based on the cipher used. If
we store the password cache in a persistent file, that file can be
read. There are ways around this but no easy ones (you can do things
like use ssh-agent or hardware encryption). In the end, you need to
prove it's you and no one else running that second instance of Gnus.
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-05 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-21 18:25 authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG Steven E.Harris
2004-07-23 16:22 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-23 17:16 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-23 17:00 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-23 21:39 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-27 16:56 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-27 18:12 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-30 16:52 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-02 23:06 ` Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
2004-08-03 17:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
[not found] ` <jk465858idw.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com>
[not found] ` <4n4qnl8mnw.fsf@lifelogs.com>
[not found] ` <jk4ekmp1iym.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com>
2004-08-03 17:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-03 21:47 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-04 16:54 ` authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now (was: authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG) Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-04 17:55 ` authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now Simon Josefsson
2004-08-05 22:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 17:43 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 18:07 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-04 18:37 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-05 22:05 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2004-08-05 22:59 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-06 17:45 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 18:18 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-06 21:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-04 22:55 ` authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG Steven E. Harris
2004-08-06 17:31 ` Ted Zlatanov
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