Feature Suggestion - scp don't decrypt file at destination unecrypt on copy back switch

[Gerard J. Cerchio]

Rick Jones wrote:

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>> Of course there is always the script that encrypts files, scp's them and
>> it's scp'ing, decrypting partner, but this is what I am trying to avoid.
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>> Any comments?
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> aren't the encryption keys different for every invokation of scp?  or 
> can one tell scp they keys to use and have the keys be the same for 
> each session? otherwise you have a key per file and that would present 
> something of a key storage problem wouldn't it?
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> rick jones
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If this is true than I would pick up the ssh trick of using the keys in 
~/.ssh. 
Pass those keys into openSSL...

BTW I am also suggesting that I perform the coding for this patch.

Gerard