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Re: gpg key in memory



* Joey Hess (joeyh@debian.org) [030210 08:46]:
> Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> > is it possible (like with ssh) to have gpg ony ask you your passphrase
> > once and then remember it for the duration of a session?
> > This would be handy if one is writing a lot of emails and you don't want
> > to bother every single time to type your passphrase.
> > I chose quit a long and difficult passphrase and it isn't fun to type
> > it over and over again when i want to encrypt or sign an email.
> > 
> > Any sollution to this other than chosing a simpler and shorter
> > passphrase?
> 
> quintuple-agent, the new gpg-agent is supposed to be better but is not
> in deban yet.

I've never used it, but is this the same one you're talking about?

doozer:~% apt-cache policy quintuple-agent
quintuple-agent:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0.3
  Version Table:
     1.0.3 0
        700 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
        600 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages

good times,
Vineet
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community." - Roger Ebert, "The Boulder Pledge"

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