[PATCH v3 06/15] cli/show: use decryption policy "auto" by default.

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Thu Dec 7 22:23:55 PST 2017


When showing a message, if the user doesn't specify --decrypt= at all,
but a stashed session key is known to notmuch, notmuch should just go
ahead and try to decrypt the message with the session key (without
bothering the user for access to their asymmetric secret key).

The user can disable this at the command line with --decrypt=false if
they really don't want to look at the e-mail that they've asked
notmuch to show them.

and of course, "notmuch show --decrypt" still works for accessing the
user's secret keys if necessary.
---
 completion/notmuch-completion.bash |  4 ++--
 doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst          |  4 ++++
 notmuch-show.c                     | 17 +++++++++++------
 test/T357-index-decryption.sh      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/completion/notmuch-completion.bash b/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
index 1cd616b3..f94dbeed 100644
--- a/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
+++ b/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ _notmuch_show()
 	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "text json sexp mbox raw" -- "${cur}" ) )
 	    return
 	    ;;
-	--exclude|--body)
+	--exclude|--body|--decrypt)
 	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false" -- "${cur}" ) )
 	    return
 	    ;;
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ _notmuch_show()
     ! $split &&
     case "${cur}" in
 	-*)
-	    local options="--entire-thread= --format= --exclude= --body= --format-version= --part= --verify --decrypt --include-html ${_notmuch_shared_options}"
+	    local options="--entire-thread= --format= --exclude= --body= --format-version= --part= --verify --decrypt= --include-html ${_notmuch_shared_options}"
 	    compopt -o nospace
 	    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$options" -- ${cur}) )
 	    ;;
diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst
index 7ba091cf..64caa7a6 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ Supported options for **show** include
         multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
         content.
 
+        If a session key is already known for the message, then it
+        will be decrypted automatically unless the user explicitly
+        sets ``--decrypt=false``.
+
         Decryption expects a functioning **gpg-agent(1)** to provide any
         needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will fail.
 
diff --git a/notmuch-show.c b/notmuch-show.c
index e840a470..591889a9 100644
--- a/notmuch-show.c
+++ b/notmuch-show.c
@@ -1105,13 +1105,14 @@ notmuch_show_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
 	.part = -1,
 	.omit_excluded = true,
 	.output_body = true,
-	.crypto = { .decrypt = NOTMUCH_DECRYPT_FALSE },
+	.crypto = { .decrypt = NOTMUCH_DECRYPT_AUTO },
     };
     int format = NOTMUCH_FORMAT_NOT_SPECIFIED;
     bool exclude = true;
     bool entire_thread_set = false;
     bool single_message;
     bool decrypt = false;
+    bool decrypt_set = false;
 
     notmuch_opt_desc_t options[] = {
 	{ .opt_keyword = &format, .name = "format", .keywords =
@@ -1126,7 +1127,7 @@ notmuch_show_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
 	{ .opt_bool = &params.entire_thread, .name = "entire-thread",
 	  .present = &entire_thread_set },
 	{ .opt_int = &params.part, .name = "part" },
-	{ .opt_bool = &decrypt, .name = "decrypt" },
+	{ .opt_bool = &decrypt, .name = "decrypt", .present = &decrypt_set },
 	{ .opt_bool = &params.crypto.verify, .name = "verify" },
 	{ .opt_bool = &params.output_body, .name = "body" },
 	{ .opt_bool = &params.include_html, .name = "include-html" },
@@ -1140,10 +1141,14 @@ notmuch_show_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
 
     notmuch_process_shared_options (argv[0]);
 
-    if (decrypt) {
-	params.crypto.decrypt = NOTMUCH_DECRYPT_TRUE;
-	/* decryption implies verification */
-	params.crypto.verify = true;
+    if (decrypt_set) {
+	if (decrypt) {
+	    params.crypto.decrypt = NOTMUCH_DECRYPT_TRUE;
+	    /* decryption implies verification */
+	    params.crypto.verify = true;
+	} else {
+	    params.crypto.decrypt = NOTMUCH_DECRYPT_FALSE;
+	}
     }
 
     /* specifying a part implies single message display */
diff --git a/test/T357-index-decryption.sh b/test/T357-index-decryption.sh
index 31991e22..c3730488 100755
--- a/test/T357-index-decryption.sh
+++ b/test/T357-index-decryption.sh
@@ -210,6 +210,23 @@ test_expect_equal \
     "$output" \
     "$expected"
 
+test_begin_subtest "notmuch show should show cleartext if session key is present"
+output=$(notmuch show id:simple-encrypted at crypto.notmuchmail.org | awk '/^\014part}/{ f=0 }; { if (f) { print $0 } } /^\014part{ ID: 3/{ f=1 }')
+expected='This is a top sekrit message.'
+if [ $NOTMUCH_HAVE_GMIME_SESSION_KEYS -eq 0 ]; then
+    test_subtest_known_broken
+fi
+test_expect_equal \
+    "$output" \
+    "$expected"
+
+test_begin_subtest "notmuch show should show nothing if decryption is explicitly disallowed"
+output=$(notmuch show --decrypt=false id:simple-encrypted at crypto.notmuchmail.org | awk '/^\014part}/{ f=0 }; { if (f) { print $0 } } /^\014part{ ID: 3/{ f=1 }')
+expected='Non-text part: application/octet-stream'
+test_expect_equal \
+    "$output" \
+    "$expected"
+
 
 # TODO: test removal of a message from the message store between
 # indexing and reindexing.
-- 
2.15.0



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