Matthew Winn wrote:
Text editors don't do encryption and never should.
How else would you ensure that you can have encrypted text _without_
the need to temporarily store a plaintext copy of the file?
Pipe the text through to an external encryption tool, such as pgp.
Assuming your o/s
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:06:13 -0600, Robert Lee
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Beckett wrote:
> > However, I want the secret to really be encrypted because I use
> > a system to copy my data files from machine to machine for
> > backups. The encryption is to protect the secret if someone
> > som
Robert Lee wrote:
What is wrong with SCP/SFTP? If these are not available,
externally encrypt the file. You can even make a vim macro
to do the job IIRC.
Text editors don't do encryption and never should.
I promise to stop posting when everyone else does!
SCP etc just encrypts the traffic whe
Robert Lee wrote:
[...]
Text editors don't do encryption and never should.
-Robert
Well, Vim does. Only for a whole file though.
Best regards,
Tony.
John Beckett wrote:
Marc Weber wrote:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
want to see a secret.
I don't think this should be a general vim feature eith
Marc Weber wrote:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
want to see a secret.
I don't think this should be a general vim feature either.
Yet another idea
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:15:36PM +1100, John Beckett wrote:
> Suggested new feature:
> Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
> Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
> embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
> want to see a secret.
I
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
In particular, any network admin simply has to record passwords and other
sensitive information - you can't reliably remember more than two or
three
passwords, particularly when you're not using them often.
I don't understand what you're trying to say in the first part of
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On 1/19/07, Matthew Winn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Gung'f ab tbbq. Erny areqf pna ernq ebg13 grkg jvgubhg
> hfvat fbsgjner.
>
> Hm. I don't understand. Is that some sort of encryption
> you're using?
Garbled, typo somewhere or spellchecker goofed! :-)
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On 1/19/07, Matthew Winn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gung'f ab tbbq. Erny areqf pna ernq ebg13 grkg jvgubhg hfvat fbsgjner.
Hm. I don't understand. Is that some sort of encryption you're using?
nikolai
P.S.
Sorry, I couldn't keep from joking around a bit.
D.S.
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:04:00 +0100, Nicolas Weber
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You are correct, I was thinking of this the other way around. My
> > suggestion would only be "security" in the sense that someone
> > reading over your shoulder would be prevented from seeing sensitive
> > cont
On 1/19/07, Nikolai Weibull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Which defeats the whole point of having multiple passwords, as if
someone figures out the master password then the other passwords will
also be available. So it's better to use one good password/passphrase
and stick with it.
No, is not.
On 1/19/07, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> 2. Don't write down passwords at all - use phrases that you remember
> instead
> 3. Don't write down passwords where other people might walk by and
> see what you're typing
Let's not start a religious war, but FWIW ma
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
2. Don't write down passwords at all - use phrases that you remember
instead
3. Don't write down passwords where other people might walk by and
see what you're typing
Let's not start a religious war, but FWIW many authorities have changed
their mind and no longer advoca
Bram Moolenaar wwrote:
Suggested new feature:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
This is very a specific feature. You should implement this in a script,
this doesn't sound like something Vim should support internally.
OK. I just thought I would mention the concept because I
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
[Really complex scheme to implement this.]
Why is it not enough to simply implement a function that
encrypts/decrypts a range of text, much like g? ROT13s a
range of text?
Because the scheme needs to be simple to use.
John Beckett wrote:
> Suggested new feature:
> Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
> Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
> embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
> want to see a secret.
>
> Example lines before encryption:
>
>
On 1/18/07, Robert Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also, executing such a command on a password while
someone is watching only brings attention to the password, which appears
in clear text until the command sequence has been completed (where-as
folding can be applied automatically when the file i
On 1/18/07, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Suggested new feature:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
[Really complex scheme to implement this.]
Why is it not enough to simply implement a function that
encrypts/decrypts a range of text, much like g? ROT13s a range of
t
Nicolas Weber wrote:
Hi,
You are correct, I was thinking of this the other way around. My
suggestion would only be "security" in the sense that someone reading
over your shoulder would be prevented from seeing sensitive content
in the file (e.g. passwords) and would really only be an extensio
Hi,
You are correct, I was thinking of this the other way around. My
suggestion would only be "security" in the sense that someone
reading over your shoulder would be prevented from seeing sensitive
content in the file (e.g. passwords) and would really only be an
extension to folding. No
Matthew Winn wrote:
>> John Beckett wrote:
>>> Suggested new feature:
>>> Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
>>> Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
>>> embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
>>> want to see a secret.
>>>
>>> Exa
> John Beckett wrote:
> > Suggested new feature:
> > Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
> > Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
> > embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
> > want to see a secret.
> >
> > Example lines before encr
John Beckett wrote:
Suggested new feature:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
want to see a secret.
Example lines before encryption:
server12 { admin t
Suggested new feature:
Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line.
Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with
embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you
want to see a secret.
Example lines before encryption:
server12 { admin topsecret } any text
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