From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: <87fwexduac.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87y5suuz85.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87bopq6xng.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327941370 1457 80.91.229.3 (30 Jan 2012 16:36:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:36:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9113@debbugs.gnu.org, Roland Winkler To: Achim Gratz Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 30 17:36:08 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RruD9-0004ex-2V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:36:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55974 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RruD8-0000fW-C0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:36:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RruD3-0000fP-IP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:36:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RruCu-00061u-5t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:36:01 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RruCu-00061p-39 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:35:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RruD4-0006TY-3D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:36:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:36:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9113 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9113-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9113.132794134724869 (code B ref 9113); Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9113) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Jan 2012 16:35:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45411 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RruCo-0006T4-Jg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:35:47 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:53791) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RruCm-0006Sx-JH for 9113@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:35:45 -0500 Original-Received: from 93-41-188-50.ip82.fastwebnet.it ([93.41.188.50] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RruAv-0008Vl-LM; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:33:49 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87bopq6xng.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:01:39 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1RruAv-0008Vl-LM MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1328546030.80862@BIRNZdyiChj3CnNl7ZABWQ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:56224 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov 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.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Sent from my Rome