From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <1d5d51400603281627s1911acf9l9e69e4762ac83f69@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:27:46 +0800 From: "Fernan Bolando" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] gnupg or pgp for plan9? In-Reply-To: <82c890d00603280947y1094154dw334850658503e2b3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <82c890d00603280757i52fc74dbhf8255f9060acf834@mail.gmail.com> <82c890d00603280947y1094154dw334850658503e2b3@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2495bd86-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 3/29/06, Gabriel Diaz wrote: > hello > > because those tools support a lot of algorithms / mime / certificates, et= c, :-? > if all you want is crypt a file and be able to read it between > windows. lunix, plan9 :-? > > I doesn't mean those tools are big compared to ones with the same > functionality, may be i choose a bad expression, sorry. What i mean is > that those tools are bigger than one that just crypt a stream of bytes > with one algorithm you choose. > And compile that tool should not be too difficult in those three > worlds. Only valid if those files will no be interchanged with people > with other/incompatible crypt tools. May be i missed the point of the > thread :-? > > gabi > > > On 3A28/06, Charles Forsyth wrote: > > > ( gnupg and those > > > tools are really big, > > > > why are they so big? > > silly question, probably. The reason I ask gnupg or pgp specifically is because it's the tool I used when I was still purely using linux. Now that I am in plan9 I am trying to off-load most of my files into plan9 and just access the file from linux, windows or plan9 itself. Some of those files are a list of passwords which I use for online transactions and ATM pins. Even though plan9 was intended for distributed access, I still cant rely on my plan9 administrative skills or the lack thereof to trust plan9's security completely especially on a public server like 9grid.jp. I would also like to take advantage of the 9grid where the environment I work in is the same where ever I go or at least I am trying to. Of course I could use some sort of thumb drive or something but the data in it should still be encrypted right= ? I have used gpg+mutt in the past but not extensively so that capbility is not that critical. Some of the open source projects I contribute in uses it to make sure I am really the one sending those patches so it's not that critical but it's nice to have the option. ,Fernan -- Public PGP/GnuPG key (http://www.fernski.com) pub 1024D/3576CA71 2006-02-02 Fernan Bolando Key fingerprint =3D FDFE C9A8 FFED C1A5 2F5C EFEB D595 AF1C 3576 CA71