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Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg
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Simon Josefsson |
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Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg |
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Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:13:44 +0100 |
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Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:
>> Is there a choice of utilizing --status-fd output? That is, query a
>> user for his passphrase only when gpg requested (i.e. we see
>> NEED_PASSPHRASE)
>
> I don't understand this point -- with the proposed patch the user
> already only gets queried for the passphrase when gpg needs it -- or
> am I missing something?
Right now, pgg assume that gpg will need a passphrase so it asks the
user for one. It may be better if pgg postpone the passphrase query
until gpg tell pgg that it needs a passphrase. Then it is only
queried for when it is needed. This should be more reliable, but
slightly more complicated to implement (asynchronous code).
Gpg doesn't need a passphrase if the agent is used, or (I guess) if
the key isn't protected with a password. If a smartcard is used, gpg
need a pin code and not a passphrase, I'm not sure pgg can handle this
at all now. (This last point is separate, and wouldn't be solved if
we implement Daiki's idea.)
I may have misunderstood Daiki though...
Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Simon Josefsson, 2006/03/21
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Sascha Wilde, 2006/03/22
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/22
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Simon Josefsson, 2006/03/22
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Sascha Wilde, 2006/03/22
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg,
Simon Josefsson <=
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/22
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/23
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Simon Josefsson, 2006/03/23
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/23
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Simon Josefsson, 2006/03/23
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/24
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/25
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Simon Josefsson, 2006/03/25
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Miles Bader, 2006/03/25
- Re: Small patch to enable use of gpg-agent with pgg, Daiki Ueno, 2006/03/26