Tag Archives: Git

Managing passwords using GnuPG, Git and Emacs

Like any other security conscious and/or slightly paranoid computer geek I have lots and lots of unique and nontrivial passwords to keep track of.  My solution to this problem involves having one GnuPG encrypted text file per username/password pair. andreas@stilgar:~/safe$ gpg < example.gpg You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: “Andreas [...]

Server configuration and version control

One of the (few?) good habits I managed to pick up during 2010 was that I became serious about keeping server configuration under version control. While it might primarily have been something I was taught at work it is definitely a practice I have adopted privately as well. The most obvious benefit, and potentially the [...]

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