From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Moynihan Subject: Re: Symmetric encryption with org-crypt.el? Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:08:49 +0100 Message-ID: <48F32C41.4030205@calicojack.co.uk> References: <48E9DDB9.8020500@calicojack.co.uk> <2294DF1E-64C4-4C98-B890-74B1C1B6F582@uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KpLIY-00076u-3y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:09:14 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KpLIW-00074z-9j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:09:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34285 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KpLIW-00074w-2G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:09:12 -0400 Received: from storm.bpweb.net ([83.223.106.8]:43403) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KpLIV-0008KG-QM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:09:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <2294DF1E-64C4-4C98-B890-74B1C1B6F582@uva.nl> 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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