Re: patch to include EasyPG to Emacs

[Sascha Wilde]

"Daiki Ueno" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2008/2/14, Richard Stallman <address@hidden>:
>>     - allow files with a .gpg suffix to be automatically
>>       encrypted/decrypted, similar to what we do for .gz files now
>>       (this depends on a minor-mode being turned on now)
>>
>> How can that work?  You need to give the key each time you decrypt.
>
> (I guess that you mean "encrypt" rather than "decrypt").
> In that case, a new buffer will show up to prompt the user to select
> recipients' keys.
> This happens only the first time when .gpg file is created (or the
> user changes some encryption related parameters for the file).

How secure will this feature be?  A file that is encrypted should never
be automatically or unintentionally saved unencrypted.  So whats about
backup and auto-save files and the like?

cheers
sascha
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