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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
To: Notmuch Mail <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>
Subject: [PATCH 11/18] cli/new, insert, reindex: update documentation for --try-decrypt=auto
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:51:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171025065203.24403-12-dkg@fifthhorseman.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171025065203.24403-1-dkg@fifthhorseman.net>

we also include --try-decrypt=auto in the tab completion.
---
 completion/notmuch-completion.bash |  6 +++---
 doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst        | 16 ++++++++++------
 doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst           | 10 +++++++---
 doc/man1/notmuch-reindex.rst       | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/completion/notmuch-completion.bash b/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
index 2703d542..53d7380b 100644
--- a/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
+++ b/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ _notmuch_insert()
 	    return
 	    ;;
 	--try-decrypt)
-	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false" -- "${cur}" ) )
+	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false auto" -- "${cur}" ) )
 	    return
 	    ;;
     esac
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ _notmuch_new()
     $split &&
     case "${prev}" in
 	--try-decrypt)
-	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false" -- "${cur}" ) )
+	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false auto" -- "${cur}" ) )
 	    return
 	    ;;
     esac
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ _notmuch_reindex()
     $split &&
     case "${prev}" in
 	--try-decrypt)
-	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false" -- "${cur}" ) )
+	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false auto" -- "${cur}" ) )
 	    return
 	    ;;
     esac
diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst
index e2bf37d0..a5505b5b 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst
@@ -50,14 +50,18 @@ Supported options for **insert** include
     ``--no-hooks``
         Prevent hooks from being run.
 
-    ``--try-decrypt=(true|false)``
+    ``--try-decrypt=(true|auto|false)``
 
-        If true and the message is encrypted, try to decrypt the
-        message while indexing.  If decryption is successful, index
+        If ``true`` and the message is encrypted, try to decrypt the
+        message while indexing.  If ``auto``, and notmuch already
+        knows about a session key for the message, it will try
+        decrypting using that session key but will not try to access
+        the user's secret keys.  If decryption is successful, index
         the cleartext itself.  Either way, the message is always
-        stored to disk in its original form (ciphertext).  Be aware
-        that the index is likely sufficient to reconstruct the
-        cleartext of the message itself, so please ensure that the
+        stored to disk in its original form (ciphertext).
+
+        Be aware that the index is likely sufficient to reconstruct
+        the cleartext of the message itself, so please ensure that the
         notmuch message index is adequately protected. DO NOT USE
         ``--try-decrypt=true`` without considering the security of
         your index.
diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
index bc26aa48..d8cb77f5 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ Supported options for **new** include
     ``--quiet``
         Do not print progress or results.
 
-    ``--try-decrypt=(true|false)``
+    ``--try-decrypt=(true|auto|false)``
 
-        If true, when encountering an encrypted message, try to
+        If ``true``, when encountering an encrypted message, try to
         decrypt it while indexing.  If decryption is successful, index
-        the cleartext itself.  Be aware that the index is likely
+        the cleartext itself.  If ``auto``, try to use any session key
+        already known to belong to this message, but do not attempt to
+        use the user's secret keys.
+
+        Be aware that the index is likely
         sufficient to reconstruct the cleartext of the message itself,
         so please ensure that the notmuch message index is adequately
         protected.  DO NOT USE ``--try-decrypt=true`` without
diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-reindex.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-reindex.rst
index 21f6c7a9..b15981a2 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-reindex.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-reindex.rst
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ messages using the supplied options.
 
 Supported options for **reindex** include
 
-    ``--try-decrypt=(true|false)``
-
-        If true, when encountering an encrypted message, try to
-        decrypt it while reindexing.  If decryption is successful,
-        index the cleartext itself.  Be aware that the index is likely
-        sufficient to reconstruct the cleartext of the message itself,
-        so please ensure that the notmuch message index is adequately
-        protected. DO NOT USE ``--try-decrypt=true`` without
-        considering the security of your index.
+    ``--try-decrypt=(true|auto|false)``
+
+        If ``true``, when encountering an encrypted message, try to
+        decrypt it while reindexing.  If ``auto``, and notmuch already
+        knows about a session key for the message, it will try
+        decrypting using that session key but will not try to access
+        the user's secret keys.  If decryption is successful, index
+        the cleartext itself.
+
+        Be aware that the index is likely sufficient to reconstruct
+        the cleartext of the message itself, so please ensure that the
+        notmuch message index is adequately protected. DO NOT USE
+        ``--try-decrypt=true`` without considering the security of
+        your index.
 
         See also ``index.try_decrypt`` in **notmuch-config(1)**.
 
-- 
2.14.2

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-10-25  6:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-25  6:51 Stashed session keys Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 01/18] mime-node: handle decrypt_result more safely Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 02/18] crypto: add _notmuch_crypto_decrypt wrapper function Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 03/18] crypto: use stashed session-key properties for decryption, if available Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-26 19:00   ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-14 13:02   ` David Bremner
2017-11-14 13:54     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-15 12:59       ` David Bremner
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 04/18] test/corpora: add an encrypted message for index decryption tests Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 05/18] crypto: Test restore of cleartext index from stashed session keys Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-14 13:13   ` David Bremner
2017-11-14 13:58     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-14 14:27       ` David Bremner
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 06/18] lib: convert notmuch decryption policy to an enum Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 07/18] crypto: new decryption policy "auto" Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-11 23:14   ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2017-11-12  3:39     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-12 15:26       ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2017-11-14 13:21   ` David Bremner
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 08/18] cli/reply: use decryption policy "auto" by default Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 09/18] cli/show: " Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 10/18] cli/show, reply: document use of stashed session keys in notmuch-properties Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor [this message]
2017-11-15 20:02   ` [PATCH 11/18] cli/new, insert, reindex: update documentation for --try-decrypt=auto David Bremner
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 12/18] crypto: record whether an actual decryption attempt happened Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 13/18] cli/new, insert, reindex: change index.try_decrypt to "auto" by default Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-16 12:40   ` David Bremner
2017-11-30  6:16     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:51 ` [PATCH 14/18] cli/reindex: destroy stashed session keys when --try-decrypt=false Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:52 ` [PATCH 15/18] crypto: actually stash session keys when try-decrypt=true Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-16 12:53   ` David Bremner
2017-11-30 15:57     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-12-02  1:56       ` David Bremner
2017-10-25  6:52 ` [PATCH 16/18] crypto: add --try-decrypt=nostash to avoid stashing session keys Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25 14:46   ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-16 13:02   ` David Bremner
2017-10-25  6:52 ` [PATCH 17/18] docs: clean up documentation about decryption policies Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-10-25  6:52 ` [PATCH 18/18] python: add try_decrypt argument to Database.index_file() Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-16 13:06   ` David Bremner
2017-11-30 15:58     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-11  7:56 ` Stashed session keys Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-11 23:31 ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2017-11-12  3:51   ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-12 15:15     ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2017-11-12 18:51     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2017-11-15 22:41 ` meskio
2017-11-16 16:03   ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor

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