On 09/13/2012 06:22 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > On 09/13/2012 05:47 PM, ved...@nym.hush.com wrote: >> The discussion about 'safe' text editors brings about an >> interesting question: >> >> Is an editor needed at all? >> > > ... > >> Is there any limitation to the size of such a text message that >> gnupg can handle when done this way, (or any other problems)? >> > > In this particular case you'd display the plaintext in the command line > as well as storing it in the history (e.g. bash) .
Apparently only half-awake here, this should of course be amended to include that since the plaintext is shown in the command line it is also available to other users on the system in a process list (e.g. ps) -- ---------------------------- Kristian Fiskerstrand http://www.sumptuouscapital.com Twitter: @krifisk ---------------------------- "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." (Steve Jobs) ---------------------------- This email was digitally signed using the OpenPGP standard. If you want to read more about this The book: Sending Emails - The Safe Way: An introduction to OpenPGP security is available in both Amazon Kindle and Paperback format at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006RSG1S4/ ---------------------------- Public PGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at http://www.sumptuouscapital.com/pgp/
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