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| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> | 2021-06-20 14:02:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2021-06-20 14:02:16 +0200 |
| commit | f573c6e1ed58d46d694c802eaf5ae3662a952744 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d3ccf4402f322b9d1baf130696a6b0e600ae693 /runtime | |
| parent | 208f0b48b2c616b29f377a1408290111ed2663f7 (diff) | |
patch 8.2.3022: available encryption methods are not strong enoughv8.2.3022
Problem: Available encryption methods are not strong enough.
Solution: Add initial support for xchaha20. (Christian Brabandt,
closes #8394)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/options.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/various.txt | 1 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index dd2d24232a..4620623c63 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -11971,6 +11971,7 @@ scrollbind Compiled with 'scrollbind' support. (always true) showcmd Compiled with 'showcmd' support. signs Compiled with |:sign| support. smartindent Compiled with 'smartindent' support. +sodium Compiled with libsodium for better crypt support sound Compiled with sound support, e.g. `sound_playevent()` spell Compiled with spell checking support |spell|. startuptime Compiled with |--startuptime| support. diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index e600dd91dd..19ddd9cb5f 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -2384,6 +2384,23 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. you write the file the encrypted bytes will be different. The whole undo file is encrypted, not just the pieces of text. + *E1193* *E1194* *E1195* *E1196* + *E1197* *E1198* *E1199* *E1200* *E1201* + xchacha20 XChaCha20 Cipher with Poly1305 Message Authentication + Code. Medium strong till strong encryption. + Encryption is provided by the libsodium library, it + requires Vim to be built with |+sodium| + It adds a seed and a message authentication code (MAC) + to the file. This needs at least a Vim 8.2.3022 to + read the encrypted file. + Encryption of swap files is not supported, therefore + no swap file will be used when xchacha20 encryption is + enabled. + Encryption of undo files is not yet supported, + therefore no undo file will currently be written. + CURRENTLY EXPERIMENTAL: Files written with this method + might have to be read back with the same version of + Vim if the binary format changes later. You should use "blowfish2", also to re-encrypt older files. diff --git a/runtime/doc/various.txt b/runtime/doc/various.txt index eb45922ccf..0ad12e8042 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/various.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/various.txt @@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ m *+ruby/dyn* Ruby interface |ruby-dynamic| |/dyn| T *+scrollbind* |'scrollbind'| B *+signs* |:sign| N *+smartindent* |'smartindent'| +B *+sodium* compiled with libsodium for better encryption support B *+sound* |sound_playevent()|, |sound_playfile()| functions, etc. N *+spell* spell checking support, see |spell| N *+startuptime* |--startuptime| argument |