<div>dear timo</div>
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<div>the passphrase is stored where in memory. can any body access that memory to extract my passphrase.</div>
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<div>so can that memory be accessed by me too to see my passphrase if i forget it...</div>
<div>regards</div>
<div>vineet madan<br><br> </div>
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<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Wher is the PASSPHRASE STORED in GNU/GnuPG folder (Vineet Madan)<br> 2. Re: Wher is the PASSPHRASE STORED in GNU/GnuPG folder<br> (Timo Schulz)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------
<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:17:50 +0530<br>From: "Vineet Madan" <<a href="mailto:vineet1408@gmail.com">vineet1408@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [Winpt-users] Wher is the PASSPHRASE STORED in GNU/GnuPG
<br> folder<br>To: <a href="mailto:winpt-users@wald.intevation.org">winpt-users@wald.intevation.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:89c509b50610010647v4e82d520qb318791b625d5627@mail.gmail.com">89c509b50610010647v4e82d520qb318791b625d5627@mail.gmail.com
</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>DEAR Readers<br>can anyone pl tell as to where is the passphrase stored in gpg, while<br>executing encryption command and where does it go, to execute decryption
<br>command.<br><br>can ANYONE please guide me with the handling of passphrase for building a<br>frontend for GPG.I shall be thankfull . thanks in advance to all replies<br><br>regards-- vineet<br><br><br><br>--<br>God is Great
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<a href="mailto:twoaday@gmx.net">twoaday@gmx.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Winpt-users] Wher is the PASSPHRASE STORED in GNU/GnuPG<br> folder<br>To: WinPT user discussion <<a href="mailto:winpt-users@wald.intevation.org">
winpt-users@wald.intevation.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <1159714163.4402.7.camel@colt><br>Content-Type: text/plain<br><br>You wrote:<br>> DEAR Readers<br>><br>> can anyone pl tell as to where is the passphrase stored in gpg, while
<br>> executing encryption command and where does it go, to execute<br>> decryption command.<br><br>I'm a little confused.<br><br>For encryption, let's assume you mean public-key encryption, no<br>passphrase is needed. For symmetric encryption, it is stored in
<br>(secure[if available]) memory.<br><br><br>> can ANYONE please guide me with the handling of passphrase for<br>> building a frontend for GPG.I shall be thankfull . thanks in advance<br>> to all replies<br><br>
GPGME would be a good start. It helps you with handling of the data<br>and the passphrase. But I suggest to read some general documentation<br>about GPG interprocess communication and the status-fd/command-fd<br>interface.
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