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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Subject: Re: Symmetric encryption with org-crypt.el?
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:59:43 +0200
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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?

Not that I know o, but I think, starting with org-crypt this should be  
relatively straight forward.

There must be someone else around here who can take on this task, right?

- Carsten