From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
Cc: 9113@debbugs.gnu.org, Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:33:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fwexduac.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bopq6xng.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:01:39 -0600")
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> The encryption doesn't have to be strong. It could use a well-known
> secret that the user can override, rather than an actual passphrase, and
> then no questions will be asked.
Sure. This is what Firefox (etc.) does, and (most) people seem to be
satisfied with that. On the other hand, this is just obscuring the
passwords, so the difference between this and, say,
machine smtp.gmail.com user foo password base64:c2VjcmV0
isn't huge. (I mean, it is a real difference, but I'm not quite sure
whether it's a difference with a distinction. :-)
So perhaps auth-source should just base64-encode password tokens by
default for Emacs 24.1? That would give the users less of an "EEK"
feeling if they're looking at this file, and somebody is looking over
their shoulders...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-30 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-18 3:08 bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg Roland Winkler
2012-01-25 20:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-26 2:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-26 15:32 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-26 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-26 17:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-26 17:53 ` Achim Gratz
2012-01-26 20:01 ` bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, " Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-26 21:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-30 16:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-30 22:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-30 22:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-31 9:00 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-31 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-13 17:35 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-02-13 18:35 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-27 1:47 ` bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, " Daiki Ueno
2012-01-27 16:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-29 9:50 ` Daiki Ueno
2012-01-30 16:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2012-01-31 6:55 ` bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, " Chong Yidong
2012-01-31 11:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-02-03 17:14 ` Kevin Rodgers
2012-01-31 11:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-31 11:37 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-13 17:38 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-28 8:47 ` Roland Winkler
2012-01-28 19:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-28 19:32 ` Roland Winkler
2012-01-30 16:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-30 18:49 ` Roland Winkler
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