* Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030210 08:46]: > Benedict Verheyen wrote: > > is it possible (like with ssh) to have gpg ony ask you your passphrase > > once and then remember it for the duration of a session? > > This would be handy if one is writing a lot of emails and you don't want > > to bother every single time to type your passphrase. > > I chose quit a long and difficult passphrase and it isn't fun to type > > it over and over again when i want to encrypt or sign an email. > > > > Any sollution to this other than chosing a simpler and shorter > > passphrase? > > quintuple-agent, the new gpg-agent is supposed to be better but is not > in deban yet.
I've never used it, but is this the same one you're talking about? doozer:~% apt-cache policy quintuple-agent quintuple-agent: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.0.3 Version Table: 1.0.3 0 700 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages 600 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited email message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community." - Roger Ebert, "The Boulder Pledge"
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