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Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain? |
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:53:39 -0500 |
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On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:44:35 +0900 YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:24:28 -0500, Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> said:
>> If /usr/bin/security can handle regular and internet keychains (the
>> two types David Reitter mentioned) then it's sufficient in terms of
>> backend functionality. I don't think it can ever be as secure,
>> however, as a direct C call, so for security I'd rather use direct C
>> calls if that's an option.
YM> One drawback of the use of /usr/bin/security would be that the user
YM> might grant the generic command `security' access to the item by
YM> adding it to the "trusted applications" list in order to avoid the
YM> application access confirmation dialog.
YM> It might be desirable to call Keychain API directly rather than via
YM> the `security' command so that the keychain can know which application
YM> wants to access the item in a more specific way.
Thank you for your explanation. Since we are in agreement on using the
C API directly, I hope you, David, or Adrian (or someone else willing to
contribute) find the time to implement these calls and provide an ELisp
layer on top.
Thank you
Ted
Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?, Ted Zlatanov, 2010/07/29
Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu, 2010/07/29