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Re: Feature Request/Bug Report: Force forget PGP passwords



On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:45:02AM -0200, Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 08 2003 at 05:36:54AM BRST, Robert Schiele 
> <robert.schiele@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 10:31:29PM -0800, Eric Anderson wrote:

> > > The subject line pretty much says it.  As noted in bugs 787, 1025 and
> > > 1164, Mutt remembers incorrect PGP passwords up to the timeout value. It
> > > would be really nice either to correct that, or be able to manually
> > > purge the password.  As it stands, if I mistype my password, I can't
> > > use PGP without either quitting and restarting or waiting for the
> > > timeout. 
> > > 
> > > Personally, I'd lobby for adding a force forget feature even if those
> > > bugs are resolved, just for the security benefit.
> > 
> > Try Ctrl+f.
> 
>         Though the problem is not as bad as Eric thought, it'd still
> make sense for mutt to automatically forget the password once it proves to
> be incorrect. Perhaps this behaviour could at least be bound to a variable.

What's the utility in remembering a wrong passphrase?  It might's well
be standard behavior, IMHO.

 - Dave

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