Insecure Memory Warning! ???.

Marcelo C . Martinelli mcm@hvymtl.org
19 Oct 2000 11:25:56 -0200


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On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 08:11:00PM -0500, Frank Tobin wrote:

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> Mark.Keisler@motorola.com, at 17:39 -0500 on Wed, 18 Oct 2000, wrote:
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> > > > > # gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
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> Seriously, given the amount of times this is posted to this mailing list,
> this warning needs to disappear, or point the user to some relevant
> documentation on why it is appearing, and how to remedy it.
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IMHO, a good way to avoid having users constantly complain about this warning, is to create a no-secmem-warning entry by default in the ~/.gnupg/options file when a user first runs gpg. Eventually, users will edit the file anyways! -- Marcelo C. Martinelli <mcm@hvymtl.org> --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE57vZkLbA1bZ5Ju+wRAv+5AJ9NEJjPYMfFt5D9yU0L1Wyju7xQmQCfZEDL mqyhDhNFPpoe3MMo7y1e9lk= =MH9V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg-- -- Archive is at http://lists.gnupg.org - Unsubscribe by sending mail with a subject of "unsubscribe" to gnupg-users-request@gnupg.org