Re: [patch] passphrase cache for GnuPG

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2003.04.11 19:25:50 +0100 Albrecht Dreß wrote:


> Please note that root could still attach a gdb session to your running 
> balsa process, read the keys and the cache data, and decrypt the 
> passphrase. You have been warned!!! (Of course root could also write a 
> simple "logging wrapper" for gpg or libgpgme or even balsa to get all 
> passphrases. See above...)
> 
> To enable the cache, you must create the file ${prefix}/share/balsa/
> gpg-cache with the contents:
> 
> ~~~snip here~~~
> [PassphraseCache]
> enable=true
> minutesMax=???
> ~~~snip here~~~
> 

what's the rationale behind the system wide policy ? 
-- 
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