Re: Encrypting files for org-mobile

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

Richard Moreland <rlm@ncogni.to> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:04 AM, D M German <dmg@uvic.ca> wrote:
>
>     Hi everybody,
>    
>     Does anybody know if it is possible to keep the files for
>     org-mobile encrypted in the server? I know you can protect them
>     with a password, but that protection is from people who look into
>     the server. How about protecting it from the people who run the
>     server?
>    
>     thanks a lot!
>     --
>     --
>     Daniel M. German
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>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> There is no support for this in MobileOrg yet, but it has resided on
> my todo list for a while.
>
> Do you currently use any encryption on your local Org-files in Emacs? 
> I've been meaning to examine AutoEncryption or CryptPlusPlus
> (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryCryptography) to see how it
> plays with Org.  If it worked well, my rough plan was to make
> MobileOrg able to en/decrypt files along those lines.
>
> If anyone has any better ideas, let me know.  I'm not sure how this
> would best be implemented.
>
> -Richard
>

Hi Richard,  I don't currently use MobileOrg but I do use encryption
with org-mode as described here:

http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#HandlingEncryption

Regards,
Bernt