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From: Rick Moynihan <rick@calicojack.co.uk>
To: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Symmetric encryption with org-crypt.el?
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:08:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48F32C41.4030205@calicojack.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2294DF1E-64C4-4C98-B890-74B1C1B6F582@uva.nl>

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> 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

Thanks Carsten, I know a tiny bit about encryption, but I'm no guru.  I 
took a quick look at easypg which org-crypt appears to use, and being a 
frontend to GnuPG it seems to support the use of symetric keys.

I'm convinced that it should be a trivial job, but I'm not familiar 
enough with any of the packages to know precisely what needs done.

If I find some more time, in the next few weeks, I might take another look.

R.

> 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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      reply	other threads:[~2008-10-13 11:09 UTC|newest]

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
2008-10-13 11:08   ` Rick Moynihan [this message]

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