> isn't it a bit unsecure?> i mean, if somebody ele just looks at my past
command 
lines
> on the console, or opens ghttrack and looks at my last
> project he will obtain my site's password

Yes that's right - as unsecure as keeping a passphrase in 
your home directory - but there is no real workaround 
(except protecting and putting proper access rights), 
especially because of automated jobs (such as commandline 
jobs) - the same problem as with fetchmail (you have to put 
all passwords in clear in .fetchmailrc - no real workaround 
here, too)