From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Rick Moynihan <rick@calicojack.co.uk>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Symmetric encryption with org-crypt.el?
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:13:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2294DF1E-64C4-4C98-B890-74B1C1B6F582@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48E9DDB9.8020500@calicojack.co.uk>
Hi Rick,
I don't think anyone has done this, but I would certainly welcome
someone taking up org-crypt.el, adding different options like you
suggest. I'd be happy to work out the UI, but I do not know anything
about encryption or Emacs packages supporting it.
- Carsten
On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Rick Moynihan wrote:
> Is it possible to use a symmetric cipher with org-crypt.el? I'd
> really like to encrypt certain outlines and encode/decode them on
> several machines without worrying about managing public/private keys.
>
> I can see how using public key crypto might be benefecial when
> sharing files between several parties, but for the case where a
> single user simply wants to synchronise org files between various
> machines (and never store/transmit sensitive data unencrypted) then
> a symmetric cipher seems preferable due to its lower overhead.
>
> Has anyone done this?
>
> R.
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-06 9:43 Symmetric encryption with org-crypt.el? Rick Moynihan
2008-10-06 16:59 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-10-10 21:13 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2008-10-13 11:08 ` Rick Moynihan
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