Tag Archives: Git
Managing passwords using GnuPG, Git and Emacs
Posted by on January 12, 2011
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
Posted by on January 9, 2011
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 [...]