You could use zip-crypt on your key once or twice before putting it on visi's server. Then write a little shell scrip that will: -unzip-crypt the key -run pine -delete the unzipped key when pine exits. But your key would be uncrypted for a short time while you read your mail. Does visi let you install binaries like zipcrypt or bcrypt in your directory? Timothy Wilson wrote: > Good morning, > > Because I read my email from a number of different locations and I try to > avoid sending my password in the clear, I've been opening an ssh session to > Visi and reading my mail with pine. > > I'd rather not keep my GnuPG private key on Visi's machine, but I don't see > what alternative I've got if I want to read encrypted emails. (I haven't > even checked if Visi's version of pine supports GnuPG/PGP.) > > In general, what's a moderately paranoid person to do when it comes to > keeping his private key private? > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org