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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 58282] New: Save GPG passphrases to a file
From:       Rocco Stanzione <grasshopper () linuxkungfu ! org>
Date:       2003-05-09 15:45:13
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58282     
           Summary: Save GPG passphrases to a file
           Product: kmail
           Version: 1.5
          Platform: Mandrake RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kmail@kde.org
        ReportedBy: grasshopper@linuxkungfu.org


Version:           1.5 (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
OS:          Linux

I'm requesting a feature to be able to save my GPG passphrase to a file (rather than \
memory).  I don't keep kmail running all the time, so keeping it in memory doesn't do \
me a lot of good.  I deliberately chose a real PITA password thinking I wouldn't be \
needing to type it every time I sent an email.  I brought this up in a couple of \
forums on IRC and was told it was a security issue.  While that's understandable, \
there are situations where it's not so much of an issue, and saving it in a file is \
really no less secure than keeping it in memory.  My private GPG key is saved to a \
file, after all.  I understand the security concern, so maybe a security warning is \
in order, but I for one consider my desktop filesystem a secure enough area to be \
worth the small risk of saving this info to it, in exchange for the significant \
convenience of not having to type it every time I send an email.

Thanks.

ps.  Of course it doesn't necessarily need to be saved as plain text


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