From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/3321 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: encrypting .authinfo? Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:52:53 -0500 Organization: =?koi8-r?q?=F4=C5=CF=C4=CF=D2=20=FA=CC=C1=D4=C1=CE=CF=D7?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <4nekuv1kwa.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> References: <4nd6amuhne.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138669481 18530 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:04:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:04:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:32:02 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!collins.bwh.harvard.EDU!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: collins.bwh.harvard.edu (134.174.9.80) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1072202031 11421175 134.174.9.80 ([177066]) X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Muxw1eYLh5H7Swy5JWiER8bCGlI= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:3462 Original-Lines: 20 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 3462 Tue Jan 17 17:32:02 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:3321 Archived-At: On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, harder@myrealbox.com wrote: > Ted Zlatanov writes: > >> I only use my ~/.authinfo for Gnus. Is there a way to have it >> stored encrypted on disk, and have Gnus retrieve it and decrypt it >> automatically (given a passphrase of course)? I can extend >> netrc.el, but I was hoping this already existed for Gnus or Emacs >> in general. > > crypt++.el, maybe? I don't know if it'll work for .authinfo, but > it's intended for transparent en/decryption of files. Has anyone used it? I don't want to commit to linking netrc.el and crypt++.el if the latter is not ready. Furthermore, I'd like something that worked inside Gnus without external packages - maybe using the common Unix "crypt" program or even implementing a simple encryption/decryption algorithm in ELisp. Ted