sending automated GPG signed mails from batch job

Nicolas George george at nsup.org
Tue May 21 18:07:11 UTC 2024


googly.negotiator862 at aceecat.org (12024-05-21):
> > The problem with any automation, anyway if with GnuPG or not, is how
> > to enter the passphrase or PIN to get access to the private key.
> Does the gpg-agent help with that? It is supposed to, I think.

Makes it worse. Without gpg-agent, your automation process needs to
manage the key or their pass phrases securely. With gpg-agent, your
automation process needs to manage the key their pass phrases securely
AND manage the lifetime of the agent.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George


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