From: "Morten Kjærulff" <mortenkjarulff@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Protecting .netrc
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 13:41:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+7cx1oXomuqvZLr1uNAbsdJ1M5M6cKgKsptJi0=C+TbGaCZaQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+7cx1pHS+=+h15rUZ5biSwKb=mxprMx7VadRRqm4Q4MYj+ewg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi.
No need to say that putting passwords in plain text file is a bad idea.
But if I use .netrc, wouldn't below be a bit (lot?) safer?
Assuming I have a good passphrase on my key.
It seems so simple, that I fear I am not getting anything out of it.
Morten
#!/bin/sh
# Install utils/gnupg2
# gpg2 --generate-key
# mkdir ~/secrets
# gpg2 -e -r YOU@EMAIL.COM <~/.netrc >~/secrets/netrc.enc
# rm ~/.netrc
# mkfifo ~/.netrc
while true ; do
gpg2 -d <~/secrets/netrc.enc >~/.netrc
done
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