From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/72143 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Password protection Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:28:18 +1000 Message-ID: <87mxr1nv0d.fsf@rimspace.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285727723 5823 80.91.229.12 (29 Sep 2010 02:35:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:35:23 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M20516@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Sep 29 04:35:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0mVu-0007Sv-23 for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:35:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1P0mVg-0006nb-98; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:35:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1P0mVe-0006nM-2D for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:35:06 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P0mVZ-0002ps-Mf for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:35:05 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1P0mVZ-0000To-00 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:35:01 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0mVY-0007LX-90 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:35:00 +0200 Original-Received: from sdcarl02.strategicdata.com.au ([203.214.67.82]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:35:00 +0200 Original-Received: from daniel by sdcarl02.strategicdata.com.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:35:00 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sdcarl02.strategicdata.com.au User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:r2wHeex3d95rmYyjHcYBNj8sbgk= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:72143 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > I find it sort of puzzling that we have to jump through all these hoops > to get at credentials. I mean, Firefox users don't have to set up a gpg > agent or type their passwords a gazillion times, so why should users? I just shove mine into ~/.netrc, set appropriate permissions, and let the whole thing be. I did my risk assessment, encrypted my entire disk, and was satisfied that by the time someone could steal my password through there the could equally steal it behind the back of any encryption. So, yeah, I agree with you. Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ daniel@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons