Hello, Olav.
I sincerely appreciate your replies. Like the other poster asking about the
current directory issue, I too am curious about why including it would
result in a less secure situation. Perhaps an example of how so would be
helpful in this regard, at least for me or someone else who is not a
programmer to understand your point. As I recall from reading the
instructions for the many programs I use, I have always read that a
program's executable looks into its own directory as part of its routine in
searching for files it needs; so your statement about using it ("the current
directory would be a decision for the program's author") did come as a bit
of a surprise because I was under the impression that this was normally
unavoidable and just a result of how the code of an executable must
function, at least in Windows OS. Apparently, that is not so?
John
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Hello, John.
Is that about right, then?
Yes.
Would it not be true that gpg.exe would finally look in its own current
directory, which should suffice consequently for this purpose?
That's an authors' decision. I'm fine with it. It gives you many means to
control your environment - and for security products I prefer NOT to include
the 'current dir' default.
Olav
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