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| author | Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net> | 2014-08-13 13:04:17 -0300 |
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| committer | Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net> | 2014-08-13 13:04:17 -0300 |
| commit | e8de5a2de78432768b623ea77c620a3a179a7b5f (patch) | |
| tree | b06cfa99eba2fbe92575185a4edb92050585ed10 /share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn | |
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Limitations: clipboard and stdout
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diff --git a/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn b/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn index 407baaa..cb0c6ba 100644 --- a/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn +++ b/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn @@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ Keyringer currently has the following limitations: so be careful when decrypting secrets and writing them to the disk or other storage media. + Pay special attention that keyringer outputs data to stdout, which could + be easilly spotted by any agent looking directly at you computer screen. + + The xclip action even copies secret data to the X11 clipboard, which can + be accessed by any application running in the user's X11 session, so use + this feature carefully. + # SEE ALSO The *README* file distributed with Keyringer contains full documentation. |