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authorDaiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>2009-09-20 02:01:09 +0000
committerDaiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>2009-09-20 02:01:09 +0000
commitb0f5fd2efd16db546742118a8e61aa06a140a4ea (patch)
tree0862f7db505efa71ee741b0df2cc1e733acb1d76 /lisp/epa-file.el
parent1e11b018a62ff3e4ece67a701eddf8e67c218132 (diff)
(epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption):
Document that this option is not recommended to use.
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diff --git a/lisp/epa-file.el b/lisp/epa-file.el
index fc753df312c..d0df8c9ff38 100644
--- a/lisp/epa-file.el
+++ b/lisp/epa-file.el
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
(require 'epa-hook)
(defcustom epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption nil
- "If non-nil, cache passphrase for symmetric encryption."
+ "If non-nil, cache passphrase for symmetric encryption.
+
+For security reasons, this option is turned off by default and
+not recommended to use. Use public-key encryption with gpg-agent
+instead, which does the same job in a safer way."
:type 'boolean
:group 'epa-file)