Re: GPG Config File

[Martin Dickopp]

Max Mustermann <anonymous@remail.amessage.info> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Martin Dickopp <expires-2004-09-30@zero-based.org>
> wrote:
>>"Scott Johnson" <s.s@s.com> writes:
>>
>>> Can I stick the passphase in the gnupg.conf file?
>>
>>No, that would obviously be completely insecure.  If you want to do
>>that, why do you use cryptography in the first place?  What are you
>>trying to achieve?
>
> Just a thought, but while in the military I used hardware based
> encryption that required no human intervention at all. We generally
> secured such systems with large caliber handguns. ;) I think you can
> probably realize there's many real life variations on this theme.

Sure, there are valid reasons to do this.  I just wanted to make sure
that the OP understands the security implications first. :)

Martin


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