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Re: [Q] Encrypted GIT?

From
David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Date
Mar 13, 2008, 17:43 UTC
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<20080313174328.GA3783@old.davidb.org>
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:55:11PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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>The latter can be remedied (somewhat) by encrypting each object 
>individually.  In that case, .gitattributes can help (you should be able 
>to find a mail to that extent, which I sent no more than 2 weeks ago).  
>However, you must make sure that the encryption is repeatable, i.e. two 
>different encryption runs _must_ result in _identical_ output.

Any decent file encryption program will never have this characteristic. It's normally a bad idea from a security perspective.

David
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  1. Alexander GladyshMar 13, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaMar 13, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008
  4. Miklos VajnaMar 13, 2008
  5. Theodore TsoMar 13, 2008
  6. Alexander GladyshMar 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008
  8. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  9. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  10. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  11. Theodore TsoMar 13, 2008
  12. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  13. David BrownMar 13, 2008
  14. Thomas HarningMar 13, 2008
  15. Luke LuMar 13, 2008
  16. Thomas HarningMar 13, 2008
  17. Luke LuMar 13, 2008

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