Stored Passwords

[Frank Tobin]

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omicron, at 15:37 +0530 on Sat, 31 Mar 2001, wrote:

    	i'm the only user of my linux system, and i want to send encrypted
    and/or signed messages without being prompted for a password. Is it ok or
    accept with regards to security and how can it be done ?

The easy way to go about this is to simply use a blank passphrase for your
secret key.  You can use "gpg --edit-key secret-keyid" to change your
passphrase.

The other solution is to use a passphrase-caching program "Quintuple
Agent" previously known as "Secret Agent".
http://www.vibe.at/tools/secret-agent/

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Frank Tobin		http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/
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