Re: netrc.el now supports encoded files

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004, cmg@dok.org wrote:

> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> 
>>
>> Yes, I can add it too if you need it.  What would be really nice is
>> a built-in ELisp cipher, for Windows users for example.  A simple
>> XOR or ROT-13 based cipher would not be hard - does anyone want
>> those or should I (or someone else) implement a more complex one?
> 
> base64-encode-{region,string} is what mozilla uses by default if you
> don't use the passphrase stuff.
> 
> That's a plus for those times when you can open up
> .mozilla/user/*/\d+.s and actually get your passwords back out of
> silly webforms :>

Would it be good to provide security that's very easily broken?
Simon's rijndael.el seems much better - but I'll implement something
that's easily reversed if you or someone else actually want it.

Ted