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From: | Daiki Ueno |
Subject: | bug#15552: 24.3.50; epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption not respected with GnuPG 2.x |
Date: | Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:41:40 +0900 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) |
tags 15552 notabug thanks Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes: > 1. On the local system, install GnuPG 2.x and don't run the gpg-agent > 2. Set epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption to t > 3. Open file.gpg: password dialog pops up > 4. close file.gpg > 5. Open file.gpg: password dialog pops up again > > Step (5) should not prompt. It works properly with GnuPG 1.x. That's intended behavior. It is documented and I stated a number of times the reason and why I chose such a lengthy name of the variable and the default is nil: 1. Emacs heap is not so secure 2. Using Emacs for password input degrades the security You never hear or remember.
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