From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Symmetric encryption with org-crypt.el? Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:13:33 +0200 Message-ID: <2294DF1E-64C4-4C98-B890-74B1C1B6F582@uva.nl> References: <48E9DDB9.8020500@calicojack.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KoPIn-0000ow-6t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:13:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KoPIm-0000oH-M7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:13:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58774 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KoPIm-0000o1-8B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:13:36 -0400 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.146]:47852) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KoPIl-0001Nv-Vm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:13:36 -0400 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so296683eyg.24 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:13:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <48E9DDB9.8020500@calicojack.co.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rick Moynihan Cc: emacs-orgmode 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode