From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/55790 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris Green Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: netrc.el now supports encoded files Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:47:32 -0500 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <4n3caut1yy.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nptdx99g3.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nwu84y967.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073486883 19168 80.91.224.253 (7 Jan 2004 14:48:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 14:48:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M4330@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jan 07 15:48:00 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AeEyW-0007Vw-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:48:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AeEyJ-00077r-00; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 08:47:47 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AeEyE-00077m-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 08:47:42 -0600 Original-Received: from host49.ipowerweb.com (host49.ipowerweb.com [12.129.198.139]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837703A0026 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:47:41 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from pool-151-196-120-78.balt.east.verizon.net ([151.196.120.78] helo=zinc.dok.org) by host49.ipowerweb.com with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1AeEy8-0003MM-00 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 06:47:36 -0800 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Simon Josefsson's message of "Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:25:28 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, linux) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host49.ipowerweb.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnus.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [0 0] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dok.org Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:55790 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:55790 Simon Josefsson writes: > Perhaps several levels are useful. But none of this is enabled by > default, is it? I mean, users have to request encryption of .authinfo > for it to happen, right? > > But I'm not sure I see the advantage of b64 over plain-text. If it's only obfuscation, base64 does the trick and its good enough in mozilla that I can edit a domain name and be pretty confident that someone over my shoulder isn't doing the transform in their head. It's not secure but IMO it's better than rot13 ( which is what I was replying to ). My vote for what I would want for gnus is gpg. The base64 is perhaps an easy obfuscation if there is no gpg binary available or people don't want to bother with passphrases. -- Chris Green You now have 14 minutes to reach minimum safe distance.