Add support for libsodium
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enhancement
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- Dominant language
- Go
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Description
pynacl provides libsodium implementation in python. We should add support for it and propose it as an alternate encryption method to AES_GCM.
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 reading the linked PyNaCl secret documentation and the repository's existing AES_GCM implementation. Clarify the intended libsodium integration and how it should be exposed as an alternate encryption method, then identify the relevant tests needed to verify encryption and decryption behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, python
- Domain
- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100