[pass] Encrypt filenames in the store

Anne Jan Brouwer the_jinx at etv.cx
Sun Feb 14 18:34:40 CET 2016


If you obfuscate (hide) the filenames you need a way to store the file hyrarchy (tree).

On 14 February 2016 17:54:46 CET, franklin_wei <franklin_wei at protonmail.com> wrote:
>I don't understand what you mean by the "tree file."
>
>The main purpose behind this would be to make it safer to push your
>passwords to an untrusted remote.
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>Subject: Re: [pass] Encrypt filenames in the store
>Local Time: February 13, 2016 8:37 pm
>UTC Time: February 14, 2016 1:37 AM
>From: the_jinx at etv.cx
>To: franklin_wei at protonmail.com,password-store at lists.zx2c4.com
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>The tree file would still have to be readable for all the recipients of
>all the "folders" and how would you store the (currently per-folder)
>.gpg-id files?
>
>This sounds very incompatible with some of the pass ideas by nature.
>
>
>On 14 February 2016 02:33:56 CET, franklin_wei
><franklin_wei at protonmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I'd like to propose a method for implementing this idea without
>destroying the whole idea behind pass. It goes as follows:
>
>1) Every new password entry is stored in a sequential filename. (0.gpg,
>1.gpg, etc.)
>2) There is a single global, encrypted, "key" entry that contains a
>list of mappings from entry names to filenames.
>
>This would make it difficult for an attacker to glean any meaningful
>information from password names, while still making it reasonably easy
>to manage passwords.
>
>Thank you
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