From: Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-crypt and PROPERTIES location
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:27:49 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86fxh8xfxm.fsf@pmade.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D15443F1-0F6B-40B5-BBD3-A8F21BF8E3AF@uva.nl
Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
> we don't have a good function for this. Also, it is not so much about
> extracting the contents, more about finding the boundaries. In some
> ways I think it would actually be better to use a tag for encryption
> instead of a property, because this would allow to encrypt everything
> except the headline. What about we change this to a tag crypt_KEY?
> Hmm, I am not sure if encryption keys would make valid tags.....
AFAIK, the key ID is only needed for encryption. The encrypted text
will contain a pointer to the key needed for decryption.
Therefore, I suggest that we do this:
- Have a defcustom for the default key ID to use (I think it will be
very common that you'll use the same key to encrypt everything)
- Allow overriding the key ID in an inheritable property (if you need
to encrypt a heading using a different key than the default)
- Use a tag matcher to specify headings to encrypt (another defcustom
that will be used to find headings that should be encrypted
before-save)
- Encrypt everything under the heading, including properties (even if
the property has the key ID, it won't be needed for decryption, so
the entire contents can be encrypted)
Am I missing anything?
> I'd very much like to see this improved and stabilized, so that we can
> include this with Org, this would be valuable to have. I am sure John
> would not mind if you did the final steps with it. Am I right, John?
I had a private conversation with John, and he's completely open to me
putting the finishing touches on org-crypt and getting it included in
the org distribution.
Are there any org-crypt users out there that want to throw in their
$0.02?
--
Peter Jones, http://pmade.com
pmade inc. Louisville, CO US
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-20 17:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-20 0:29 org-crypt and PROPERTIES location Peter Jones
2009-03-20 13:23 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-20 17:27 ` Peter Jones [this message]
2009-03-20 18:33 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-23 12:59 ` news
2009-03-24 2:50 ` Peter Jones
2009-03-25 3:15 ` news
2009-03-20 19:50 ` John Wiegley
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