Re: File encryption

From: F J Franklin (F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 08:12:05 EDT

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    On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 fconticon@netscape.net wrote:
    > This is a very good program and my congratulations to all those who
    > have sorked so hard to produce it. Is there a way to encrypt my Abiword
    > files when saving them to disk?

    I don't think so. On the subject, what types of encryption would you
    consider appropriate/sufficient/adequate? In the case of public/private
    key encryption, how should AbiWord handle it (if/when it does)?

    A thought: encrypting on export with author's private key, with a
    URL for the author's public key - which gets loaded automatically on
    import? Optionally vice versa. (Need to check the W3C's encryption
    standard.)

    Musing, Frank

    Francis James Franklin
    F.J.Franklin@shef.ac.uk

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