From b0f5fd2efd16db546742118a8e61aa06a140a4ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daiki Ueno Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:01:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption): Document that this option is not recommended to use. --- lisp/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ lisp/epa-file.el | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 9419f4d1da4..d14ef8399b5 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-09-20 Daiki Ueno + + * epa-file.el (epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption): + Document that this option is not recommended to use. + 2009-09-19 Glenn Morris * calc/calc-graph.el (calc-graph-lookup): Avoid assignment to free diff --git a/lisp/epa-file.el b/lisp/epa-file.el index fc753df312c..d0df8c9ff38 100644 --- a/lisp/epa-file.el +++ b/lisp/epa-file.el @@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ (require 'epa-hook) (defcustom epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption nil - "If non-nil, cache passphrase for symmetric encryption." + "If non-nil, cache passphrase for symmetric encryption. + +For security reasons, this option is turned off by default and +not recommended to use. Use public-key encryption with gpg-agent +instead, which does the same job in a safer way." :type 'boolean :group 'epa-file) -- 2.39.5