From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: org-crypt: Secure encrypted message against inadvertent change Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:54:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <3216867.MOJ3RImYQA@linux-k2bd.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49644) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTf6K-00063m-1J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:55:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTf6G-0002oy-PR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:54:59 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::236]:33990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTf6G-0002oK-Ka for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:54:56 -0400 Received: by qgeg42 with SMTP id g42so77757444qge.1 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:54:56 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <3216867.MOJ3RImYQA@linux-k2bd.site> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: AW Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I am not sure if you put the comment on this post: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/09/13/Make-some-org-sections-read-only/ but it is possible to setup a hook that makes headings read-only. You could do that for headings tagged crypt, for example. AW writes: > 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 -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu