TooAngel / TooAngel/worlddriven
Ensure credentials are stored encrypted
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enhancement
security
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 18
- Forks
- 15
- Avg merge
- 8d 14h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 5
Description
Audit and ensure all sensitive credentials are properly encrypted in storage.
Context:
- Application handles GitHub tokens and session secrets
- Production security requires encrypted credential storage
- Need to verify current credential handling meets security standards
Acceptance Criteria:
- Audit current credential storage methods
- Verify GitHub tokens are properly encrypted
- Check session secret handling
- Review environment variable security
- Implement encryption for any plaintext credentials found
- Document credential security practices
Priority: High
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating how GitHub tokens, session secrets, and environment variables are stored and read. Audit each path for plaintext handling and compare it with the project's existing security practices. Done means sensitive credentials are encrypted where required and the credential security practices are documented.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- authentication, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100