Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread Per
Thanks everyone for your useful advice. In the end, I opted for EncFS. Being on Ubuntu+Gnome-Shell this was fairly straightforward to setup. Source : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FolderEncryption After installing EncFS, I also downloaded gnome-encfs which allowed me to store the passphrase i

Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread Brendan Kidwell
(Sending again because stupid gmail did not default to setting from = address where message arrived and the list will probably reject it. I need to get out of Google!) I use encfs myself. I'm against putting crypto functions into Zim -- it's out of scope and dangerous. As a developer, every time

Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread Brendan Kidwell
I use encfs myself. I'm against putting crypto functions into Zim -- it's out of scope and dangerous. As a developer, every time you take on functions like that, and handle keys (user types in passphrase, for example) you open yourself to the possibility of screwing up and putting users' data at r

Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread Shivam Sharma
Here is a bash script that automates the process of encrypting Zim with truecrypt, and it almost feels like a plugin with no hassles: http://dotpad.blogspot.in/2012/12/zim-with-truecrypt-and-dropbox-my-final.html One could write a similar script for windows... ___

Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread J MCN
I've been using a Truecrypt container to keep my zim Notes folder(s) in. It works quite well. http://www.truecrypt.org/ Same idea as home folder encryption but a bit more flexible and will work cross platform. /J On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:16 AM, Jaap Karssenberg wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at

Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread Joerg Desch
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:47:46 -0700 Per wrote: > If not, then is this something which in principle could be > accomplished with a plugin? I'm running Zim on Linux and use encfs together with cryptkeeper to encrypt one notebook which keeps all my passwords and account data. -- Email: Joerg Desc

Re: [Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-15 Thread Jaap Karssenberg
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Per wrote: > Is there a Zim plugin for encrypting a wiki and unlocking with a passphrase? There is not. Current recommendation is to use an encrypted file system. E.g. on Ubuntu Linux there is a standard option to encrypt your home folder. On other systems you can

[Zim-wiki] Encrypted Zim wiki

2013-03-14 Thread Per
Is there a Zim plugin for encrypting a wiki and unlocking with a passphrase? If not, then is this something which in principle could be accomplished with a plugin? Thanks, Per ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@li