From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/63698 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Security flaw in pgg-gpg-process-region? Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:33:01 +0900 Message-ID: <8764g0d6k2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <9c79059a-61a9-4fa4-8376-638753320a14@well-done.deisui.org> <4aaf7080-0e3d-4a75-aff5-f9d5bcd0437f@well-done.deisui.org> <87fyjz2gaj.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <87ac5gnccs.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <8fe569ef-0b5e-4c29-b434-686fce4c619b@well-done.deisui.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1157578530 16682 80.91.229.2 (6 Sep 2006 21:35:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 21:35:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 06 23:35:28 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GL53O-0002gv-B7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:35:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GL53N-0006Xx-O5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:35:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GL53B-0006Ug-8L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GL539-0006RU-Cp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GL539-0006R2-9d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:35:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GL53N-0003Vc-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:35:25 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GL530-0002dO-7f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:35:02 +0200 Original-Received: from 203-216-98-149.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.98.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:35:02 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by 203-216-98-149.dsl.gol.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:35:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203-216-98-149.dsl.gol.ne.jp System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:v+yWgEqpdvxMeSCUlqHNa4R8nzA= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:59476 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:63698 Archived-At: gdt@work.lexort.com writes: > The right solution might instead be to push for gpg-agent to be > production ready, so that entire notion of emacs dealing with > passphrases can be deprecated. The existing pinentry user-interfaces used by gpg-agent are all quite sucky though; it would be really nice if _emacs_ could be the pinentry frontend ! -Miles -- "An atheist doesn't have to be someone who thinks he has a proof that there can't be a god. He only has to be someone who believes that the evidence on the God question is at a similar level to the evidence on the werewolf question." [John McCarthy]