From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/3320 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: encrypting .authinfo? Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:36:44 -0500 Organization: =?koi8-r?q?=F4=C5=CF=C4=CF=D2=20=FA=CC=C1=D4=C1=CE=CF=D7?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <4nu13r1ln7.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 1138669480 18523 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:04:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:04:40 +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 1072201062 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:GS8GNWha0AKQyNsE8jbVhZQhXb0= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:3461 Original-Lines: 16 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 3461 Tue Jan 17 17:32:02 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:3320 Archived-At: On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, ratinox@peorth.gweep.net wrote: > * Ted Zlatanov on Thu, 18 Dec 2003 >| 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. > > Question: since you have to type a password to decrypt the authinfo > file, which stores a password, how is this two-stage system better > (more secure) than typing a password when Gnus asks for it? Because I have more than one entry in my authinfo file. Ted