[Linux-disciples] how to collaboratively maintain encrypted information

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Seems like there must be a CMF that accomplishes this, possibly with some
tweaking. Have you looked into the standard popular options, e.g., ZOPE,
Drupal, various RoR applications? Or do you not want something web-based?

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:46:01PM -0400, Sean Madsen wrote:
> I have a use-case for which I can not find a solution. I'm wondering if anyone
> knows of one...
> 
> I work with a group of people on projects that require us to share sensitive
> information with each other, (mostly credentials to servers and databases and
> whatnot). We would like to maintain this sensitive information in a centralized
> fashion while persevering security. The ideal system would meet the following
> goals:
> 
>   * users can write new information for other users to read
>   * when one user updates some of the information, other users will have access
>     to the updated information without requiring manual notification of the
>     update
>   * granting access for a new user to read/write information is easy and does
>     not affect other users. (Note: we don't actually need to differentiate
>     between read privileges and write privileges.)
>   * granting a user access to SOME but not all of the information is possible
>     and straightforward. (This is important.) Maybe pieces of information can
>     be tagged with roles and each user can have multiple roles.
>   * revoking access from a user is easy and does not affect other users
>   * any network traffic containing the information is encrypted
>   * unencrypted information is not stored on users' machines (it can be stored
>     encrypted on users' machines, or not stored on users' machines at all)
>   * the system uses free/open-source software
>   * users are able to use the system from OSX 10.3+, Linux, and Windows XP
> 
> Please post any ideas for how to accomplish these goals. Thanks!
> 
> --
> 
> Sean
> 

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