* Protecting .netrc
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@ 2020-04-04 11:41 ` Morten Kjærulff
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From: Morten Kjærulff @ 2020-04-04 11:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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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