bournal reviews please !?!

kalinix calin.kalinix.cosma at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 09:04:45 UTC 2009


On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 20:11 -0400, William Case wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I just noticed the Bournal application that is new to me appear in the
> announcement list.
> 
> "Summary     : Write personal, password-protected journal entries
> Description :
> Bournal is a bash script that allows you to keep a personal,
> minimalistic, password-protected journal, log, or diary. It
> includes encryption, regexp searches, and a date-sorted list
> for editing old entries. Since Bournal is pure bash, it should
> be easily editable for the CLI-savvy."
> 
> This sounds like something I have been looking for.  Is anybody using
> it?
> 
> I have checked their site and googled for additional information, but
> the main questions I have are not answered.
> 
> I want a encrypted, password protected, container/file into which I can
> store things like some personal data, site passwords, and bank account
> numbers and passwords.  I am not highly secrecy oriented or paranoid so
> I don't want or need something will completely lock down my computer or
> create a new partition.  Instead I want something that will let me have
> a modicum of protection from prying eyes, yet will give me easy access
> to my data when I forget something.  It doesn't have to be large, 1 Mb
> at the very most.  I want an application that will be around for a while
> so that I am not caught without access if the world changes.  That is
> why the idea of it being a bash script is appealing.
> 
> Has anybody used or worked with Bournal?  Do you think it meets my
> outlined light weight type needs?  Is it easy to work with?
> 
> -- 
> Regards Bill
> Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
> Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1
> 


I'm using vi with encryption. Not sure this is the best options, but
works for me.


Calin

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