Encrypted email search indexing

[stef]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 01:25:44AM -0800, Silicon Dragon wrote:
> *"Various hurdles are preventing wide-spread adoption of PGP encrypted
> communication, with easy searchability being one of them. I propose a
> standard allowing users to search through encrypted email safely. The
> search is tailored for text messages containing distinct words. Searching
> is achieved through a search index in plain-text attached to each email.
> The index contains each of the unique words contained in a message, salt
> hashed. There will be 10-50 salts per email account used randomly on a per
> word basis. Larger amount of salts mean more safety and more expensive
> search. Incoming messages will also get appended with a search index using
> IMAP APPEND command. ..."*
> 
> https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVntBs8AxmeuLacGappM5LhB8ao9k2RPijvByESt4HmgC
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this makes little sense. pgp is for encryption in transit, not at rest. you
should decrypt and reencrypt your mail. and you can also index it easily when
doing so.

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