Re: [Gaim-devel] Password Obfuscation/Encryption in .gaimrc

[John B. S. <jo...@si...>]

There's some merit to the idea of a passkey to unlock your encrypted keys=
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this takes care of the problem I was just going to mention.  Barring this=
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idea, encryption in the rc file is completely moot based on the fact that=
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could just copy it to another account, run Gaim, and change the passwords=
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without ever seeing, or trying to decrypt the 'encrypted passwords.'

John Silvestri

On Thursday 10 October 2002 06:44 pm, Michael Lasevich wrote:
> What is being asked is a bit of obfuscation , not perfect bulletproof
> encryption. A dedicated person can always get around any encryption sch=
eme
> there is. If someone has physical access to my linux box they can have
> root-level permissions in minutes - that does not mean I leave my root
> password on a post it note glued to my monitor. Just because someone ca=
n
> easily find means of decoding the passwords, does not mean they should =
be
> available in plain view to anyone who happens to glance at the rc file.