From: gershman@dagertech.net
To: AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-crypt: Secure encrypted message against inadvertent change
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:32:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A0973468-8636-42BE-B8BF-1688C509F0BB@dagertech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3216867.MOJ3RImYQA@linux-k2bd.site>
If it helps, though aside from the question, all GPG lines (except the last 2) are 64 chars(if memory serves). A little scripting and decryption should be plausible (possible in reasonable time), especially if chars were only added and not deleted/changed.
On August 23, 2015 2:31:26 PM PDT, AW <alexander.willand@t-online.de> wrote:
>I'm using org-crypt. All text below a heading with the tag :crypt:
>becomes
>encrypted with saving the file and looks like this:
>
>-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
>Version: GnuPG v2
>
>hQEOAxn9DjwjX2oYEAQAgLl/58dss1VVgmRb1rGIaNV2I5P+smcDjhWa5/arTMPE
>9wjxHUpU/HSflCwnV5609H3J9ZSVubCpaUbV3Da0jnDUJuljFbSqapRym1PW0hFn
>ApfLwze3HTj+A3eODf+p3kbDjFnII9Rfn7lWQ/6OmMrisQbvbsWzS3K/crgqu+cD
>/j6m3nDURonKGStv5h7sgaSRuLGzqXvHXEnS+d1ad1ZomgTD4abZNvDYt9Y039FE
>xYwRphWSBs+vtQ34resZewCa4s7h5SES5j839vQPWI4VyA4uRrfzYATHnHtoxfwA
>RQWzUTeS16FFBxnjqqTXGXqH9go25Ovnl1Np9c2H7veH0lQB/hpwGbUJRnYCx5Nd
>UlZ/U+aKQJl3aD+ulgOxJhTQNb9ToXxMpwS3FitsZHVh8OaRBLdgjRVFstWw3NhT
>RTQ3Og0+ts34iKW+u+2ock/LqiDYFx4=
>=+xma
>-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
>
>I really hope this example will not irritate your email software.
>
>My notebook has one of those large touchpads and once in a while I hit
>it and
>go on with typing, but the cursor shifted to text somewhere else and
>I'm
>adding letters to a completely different paragraph, before I notice and
>
>correct it.
>
>Well, this evening I added some letters inadvertently inside a PGP
>message,
>because the touchpad shifted to cursor to an encrypted paragraph. If I
>saved
>the file, the encrypted paragraph would have become un-decryptable (I
>tested
>this: decrypting no longer is possible).
>
>Unfortunately I won't always realise what happened, e.g. if I don't
>watch
>while dictating into a speech recognition (Dragon Nat. Speak.).
>
>And the encrypted parts are not needed often. So the destroyed PGP
>message
>might make it into my backups and if I try to encrypt it a year
>later...
>
>Why isn't the text between
>
>-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
>
>and
>
>-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
>
>read-only as a default ?
>
>Really, an inadvertent change can destroy valuable information and it i
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-23 22:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-23 21:31 org-crypt: Secure encrypted message against inadvertent change AW
2015-08-23 22:32 ` gershman [this message]
2015-08-23 23:54 ` John Kitchin
2015-08-24 18:42 ` AW
2015-08-26 21:04 ` AW
2015-09-08 14:48 ` Hymie!
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