A last word on --passphrase-fd

[Werner Koch]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Chuck Robey wrote:

> How does either of your two options deal with a process started on a
> regular basis by cron?  No daemon to store the passphrase in ram with, and
> impossible to make interactive input.

Use unprotected keys.  Encrypting something and storing the key on
the same medium remembers if of DVDs :0)

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