From e8de5a2de78432768b623ea77c620a3a179a7b5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silvio Rhatto Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:04:17 -0300 Subject: Limitations: clipboard and stdout --- share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'share') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3