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From: barboni@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Carol Barboni)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Use of crypt(1) from Emacs:  no can do?
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Date: 2 May 91 20:08:23 GMT
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If I need to encrypt (or decrypt) a region in an Emacs buffer, I find that 

     M-| crypt

will _not_ prompt me to enter a key (as crypt(1) normally does).  Even
worse, the command then hangs up, forcing me to abort (C-g) in order to
continue at all.  (I had previously tried using encrypt/decrypt functions
written as extensions to Emacs, but these proved unsatisfactory in that
they inadvertently expose the user-entered key.)  Has anyone any thoughts
regarding secure encryption schemata for Emacs?  Please reply via E-mail
at the address given below; if there is sufficient response, I shall post
a summary hereat.  Thanks much in advance, fellow Netlanders.

                                         Carol R. Barboni
                                         barboni@gdstech.grumman.com