From e1f66044869d9b3d4c2287f2d2e7bb5f7a111396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 14:10:40 +2100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Feature suggestion. Indexing encrypted mail? --- 77/0e5661fc1ecd920fb40fbf935d3538769dbc17 | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 77/0e5661fc1ecd920fb40fbf935d3538769dbc17 diff --git a/77/0e5661fc1ecd920fb40fbf935d3538769dbc17 b/77/0e5661fc1ecd920fb40fbf935d3538769dbc17 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cd9f740d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/77/0e5661fc1ecd920fb40fbf935d3538769dbc17 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B95F431FAF + for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 10:12:46 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id hYeG0STiYTsg for ; + Sat, 5 Apr 2014 10:12:42 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com (gitolite.debian.net + [87.98.215.224]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB0FE431FAE + for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 10:12:41 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from remotemail by mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com with local (Exim + 4.72) (envelope-from ) + id 1WWU7M-0008LW-G8; Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:10:56 +0000 +Received: (nullmailer pid 13054 invoked by uid 1000); Sat, 05 Apr 2014 + 17:10:40 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: john.wyzer@gmx.de, notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Feature suggestion. Indexing encrypted mail? +In-Reply-To: <86k3b3ybo6.fsf@someserver.somewhere> +References: <86k3b3ybo6.fsf@someserver.somewhere> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+170~gf516b7c (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:10:40 -0300 +Message-ID: <878urj1z3j.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +Cc: Daniel Kahn Gillmor +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:12:46 -0000 + +john.wyzer@gmx.de writes: + +> Would it be possible to add the configurable option to also decrypt +> encrypted messages on the fly while indexing to make them searchable, +> too? +> +> That would be really great for people that consider gnupg mainly an +> encryption for transport or have their complete hard drive encrypted... + +As far I understand an attacker could reconstruct the message from the +index, so one question is whether the extra complexity in notmuch is +worth the minimal extra security over decrypting on delivery and storing +plaintext on the (presumably encrypted) disk. Of course decrypting on +delivery may be inconvenient (or impossible). I have CCed the two people +who have implemented most of the crypto related stuff in notmuch so they +can comment. + +d -- 2.26.2