Re: Pass password via environment variable

[Graham Percival <gperciva@tarsnap.com>]

Hi Mauro,

Unfortunately I can't make any comments about future release
plans.  I think that it's ok for me to say that we're aware that
1.0.39 was a few years ago, and we're working towards a new
release with appropriate speed.

As with all security/privacy-related software, "appropriate speed"
means "with a great deal of caution".  :)

Cheers,
- Graham

On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 09:45:42AM -0300, Mauro Ciancio wrote:
> Hi Graham! Thanks for that!
> Any idea when the next Tarsnap client will be released?
> Thanks.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 2:05 PM Graham Percival <gperciva@tarsnap.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mauro,
> >
> > Not in the latest official tarball, 1.0.39.  The NEWS.md file in
> > the git repository does list a new --passphrase-stdin option [1],
> > which could be used with an environment var [2].
> >
> > It might be worth mentioning that scrypt 1.3.1 (released last week
> > [3]) added a host of new password entry methods, including
> > --passphrase env:VARNAME
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap/blob/master/NEWS.md
> > [2] something like `echo $VARNAME | tarsnap ...`
> > [3] http://mail.tarsnap.com/scrypt/msg00268.html
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Graham
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:04:25AM -0300, Mauro Ciancio via tarsnap-users
> > wrote:
> > > Hi there!
> > > I couldn't find any hints by looking into the manual.
> > > Is there any way to pass a key password via an environment variable?
> > > Thanks!
> >