ipfs / ipfs/kubo

Private keys should be encrypted

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Description

You could encrypt the entire config file, but by default ipfs should password protect the private key (setup during init process) and not store the private key in the clear on disk (or ideally in memory that could be leaked, but that is a lot harder).

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