GPG agent for automated processing

[Joseph Bruni]

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Hello,

I would like to solicit advice regarding automating decryption using 
GPG. Currently, the easiest method I've used is to simply have no 
pass-phrase on the private key, and just ensure that it is unreadable 
by any user other than the owner. I've looked at using the 
- --passphrase-fd option, but that simply transfers the weakness to 
another place.

Instead, I would like to know if anyone uses or would suggest the use 
of the gpg-agent for automating decryption. Presumably, the passphrase 
would need to be known only once as the system is started by an 
operator. Since our system almost never needs to be cycled, I'm 
thinking this might be a good approach.

Any suggestions, comments?

Joe
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