From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: adrian.b.robert@gmail.com
Subject: Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:53:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d3u3cabw.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wlzkx72jjw.wl%mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:44:35 +0900 YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:24:28 -0500, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> said:
>> If /usr/bin/security can handle regular and internet keychains (the
>> two types David Reitter mentioned) then it's sufficient in terms of
>> backend functionality. I don't think it can ever be as secure,
>> however, as a direct C call, so for security I'd rather use direct C
>> calls if that's an option.
YM> One drawback of the use of /usr/bin/security would be that the user
YM> might grant the generic command `security' access to the item by
YM> adding it to the "trusted applications" list in order to avoid the
YM> application access confirmation dialog.
YM> It might be desirable to call Keychain API directly rather than via
YM> the `security' command so that the keychain can know which application
YM> wants to access the item in a more specific way.
Thank you for your explanation. Since we are in agreement on using the
C API directly, I hope you, David, or Adrian (or someone else willing to
contribute) find the time to implement these calls and provide an ELisp
layer on top.
Thank you
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-01 2:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-21 1:55 can emacs use the mac os x keychain? vm user
2010-04-21 4:02 ` Barry Margolin
2010-04-21 17:36 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-04-22 0:58 ` Barry Margolin
2010-04-23 2:18 ` vm user
[not found] ` <87vd8z2myy.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2010-07-25 3:36 ` vm user
2010-07-26 13:47 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-26 14:47 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-26 19:32 ` auth-source multiple accounts (was: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?) Ted Zlatanov
[not found] ` <87630211kx.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com>
2010-07-26 21:21 ` auth-source multiple accounts Uday S Reddy
2010-07-27 14:06 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-27 17:19 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-27 17:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-27 21:35 ` Uday S Reddy
[not found] ` <87y6cvu53t.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2010-07-28 21:39 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-10-27 13:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-14 22:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-28 14:53 ` can emacs use the mac os x keychain? Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-29 4:31 ` Adrian Robert
2010-07-29 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-07-30 9:17 ` Richard Stallman
2010-07-30 10:37 ` Stuart Hacking
2010-07-31 9:57 ` Richard Stallman
2010-07-30 13:30 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-29 13:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-29 18:52 ` David Reitter
2010-07-29 20:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-30 0:13 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-07-30 13:24 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-01 1:44 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-08-01 2:53 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2010-07-25 20:09 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-25 20:04 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-26 2:23 ` vm user
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