Re: [Gaim-devel] .gaimrc encrypted passwords

[Sean M. E. <bj...@bi...>]

> There are no plans at the moment for doing this. However, if your   
> permissions are set correctly, your .gaimrc will be safe from       
> everybody but root (and if you aren't root and don't trust root,    
maybe                                                                 
> it's time to find a new system :)                                   
>                                                                     
> It's been asked about a lot. I'm sure it's only a matter of time    
until                                                                 
> somebody writes a patch to do this.                                 
                                                                      
People have written patches that did this, and I've rejected them     
without question (as I'm sure my predecessors did).  Passwords in     
.gaimrc will never be encrypted ever.  It's a terrible idea.          
                                                                      
If you feel strongly about it, gpg your entire .gaimrc file before and
after using Gaim.                                                     
                                                                      
-Sean