Supplying GPG key password into Pass command

Louis ProtonMail louiscb at protonmail.com
Sun Feb 9 18:52:52 CET 2020


>  I don't have clear the details, but having private GPG key
> and encrypted passwords on the same location or sending the passphrase
> through the network wouldn't make me feel comfortable.

I might not be understanding things well, but how is one supposed to access the plaintext saved passwords without having the keys used to encrypt them and the password to those keys? Where do you keep your GPG keys so that you can decrypt the pass entries?

> If I understood correctly, OP is trying to accomplish a homemade version
> of 1Password.

Essentially this is correct, mainly as an educational exercise on understanding encryption and security principles better.

Louis
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/attachments/20200209/dd79992d/attachment.html>


More information about the Password-Store mailing list