Perl, GPG, and --passphrase-fd

[Christopher Maujean]

umm, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't hardcoding the passphrase in a 
text file somewhere Completely break, destroy, invalidate, and otherwise 
mangle the whole point of encryption?

Frank Tobin wrote:

> christopher.a.feathers@accenture.com, at 09:29 on Thu, 7 Jun 2001, wrote:
> 
>     "How do I invoke decryption with a passphrase and avoid getting prompted
>     for a passphrase?"
> 
>     That is great! - but I cannot seem to figure how to get at the file
>     descriptor that Perl is looking to use.  Has anyone used this option?
> 
> If you want to do it from Perl, try GnuPG::Interface,
> http://gnupg-interface.sourceforge.net/
> This module will handle passing the passphrase for you, if you wish, or
> you can do it yourself using the module with ease.


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