#!/bin/bash
cat <<x

gpg-edit 20050106               Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson, http://bre.klaki.net/
                                This code is in the public domain.

x
# This is a wrapper script to simplify editing of text files which are
# stored symmetrically encrypted with GnuPG.
# 
# Usage:
#
#   gpg-edit file.txt
#
# While editing the file is decrypted to a temporary location in the user's
# home directory. The script takes steps to ensure that any temporary files
# are readable and writable by the user, but noone else.  The file is then
# edited using the editor specified by the VISUAL environment variable, or 
# "jed" if the variable is unset.
#
# When the user has finished editing or viewing the contents of the file, 
# he or she is asked whether the updated contents should be encrypted and 
# saved back to the original location. Finally any temporary files are auto-
# matically removed.
#
# LIMITATIONS:
#
#   - The script will leave unencrypted files lying around in the user's
#     home directory if it terminates abnormally (e.g. by getting killed).
#
#   - Unencrypted data can obviously be stolen by the local superuser 
#     (or e.g. automated backup scripts) while the file is being edited.
#
#   - Supposedly "rm" isn't the most secure way to remove sensitive data.
#     The script attempts (somewhat weakly) to wipe all temporary files using
#     "dd" from /dev/urandom before deleting them, but this only affects 
#     files created by the script itself, not temporary files which may have 
#     been created by the editor (such as swap files used by vim).  Also, 
#     this is subject to limitations imposed by OS behavior (such as data 
#     journalling, filesystem snapshots, backups, etc.).
#
# The script was announced and discussed a little bit in my weblog, in
# this entry: http://bre.klaki.net/dagbok/faerslur/1105040646.shtml
#
###############################################################################

# Modify this to set a different default editor.
#
[ "$VISUAL" = "" ] && VISUAL=jed

# Our first and only argument is (or should be) the file to edit.
#
FILE=$1
if [ "$FILE" = "" ]; then
    echo "Usage: gpg-edit filename"
    exit 1
fi

# The script uses a temporary directory in the user's home directory.  This 
# is safer than a file in /tmp/, since there's virtually no chance of 
# collisions, snooping, symlink attacks or such things.  Also, using a
# temporary directory rather than a collection of individual temporary files
# makes cleanup simpler and helps us catch (and wipe) automatic backups
# created by some editors.
#
TEMPDIR=~/.gpg-edit-$$
umask 077
mkdir -p $TEMPDIR || exit 1

# If the file exists, try to decrypt it.  Otherwise assume we're creating
# a new file.
#
if [ -e "$FILE" ]; then
    if ! gpg < "$FILE" >$TEMPDIR/data.txt; then
        rm -rf $TEMPDIR
        echo
        echo "Aborting."
        exit 1
    fi
    cp -a $TEMPDIR/data.txt $TEMPDIR/orig
else
    touch $TEMPDIR/orig $TEMPDIR/data.txt
fi

# Edit the unencrypted data...
#
$VISUAL $TEMPDIR/data.txt

# Clear screen, to avoid leaving sensitive data in scrollback buffers.
#
clear

# If the file has changed, re-encrypt and overwrite the original.
#
if ! diff $TEMPDIR/data.txt $TEMPDIR/orig >/dev/null; then
    echo -n "File changed, encrypt new data and save? [YES/no] "
    read YESNO
    case $YESNO in
        n*|N*) echo "Discarding changes."
        ;;
        *) while ! gpg -c -a <$TEMPDIR/data.txt >$TEMPDIR/data.gpg; do
               clear
               echo "Uh, please try again..."
               echo
           done 
           cat <<tac >>$TEMPDIR/data.gpg

Edited by gpg-edit: http://bre.klaki.net/programs/gpg-edit.txt

tac
           cat $TEMPDIR/data.gpg > $FILE \
           && echo "OK, wrote new data to $FILE" \
           || echo 'Save failed, discarding changes!'
    esac
else
    echo "Nothing was changed."
fi

# Cleanup: overwrite temporary files with random(ish) data and then delete the
#          entire temporary directory.  We use /dev/urandom rather than 
#          /dev/random so we won't block if the machine runs out of entropy.
#
# Note that the wiping may be incomplete if the file shrinks by more than 12k
# during editing or backup/swap files are created which are much larger than
# the unencrypted data.  Oh well... the number 12 is arbitrary.
#
echo -n "Wiping and erasing temporary files "
BLOCKS=$(/bin/ls -1s $TEMPDIR/data.txt |awk '{print 12+$1;}')
for a in $(seq 1 25); do
  echo -n .
  find $TEMPDIR -type f -exec \
       dd if=/dev/urandom of=\{\} \
       count=$BLOCKS bs=1024 >/dev/null 2>&1 \;

  # This sync is (probably) necessary, otherwise kernel buffering may make 
  # the whole wiping exercise futile.
  #
  sync
done
rm -rf $TEMPDIR
echo " done."