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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:33:12 +0200
From: Matthias Weckbecker <mweckbecker@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: CVE request(?): gpg: improper file permssions set when en/de-crypting files
On Friday 21 September 2012 23:47:48 Michael Gilbert wrote:
[...]
>
> So anyway, I suppose this creates more questions than answers, but I
> guess its worth thinking about. After all, what did the user really
> expect? If they had intended that original file to be private, and
> now its not, is that appropriate? Is it more appropriate to assume
> all users know how to use umask appropriately?
>
IMO if one bothers to encrypt a file at all it was certainly intended to be
private and only supposed to be readable by a certain user / user group and
not by just everyone. Otherwise encryption would be pointless, or are there
any other reasons for encrypting a file?
> Best wishes,
> Mike
Thanks, Matthias
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Tel: +49-911-74053-0; http://suse.com/
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