Improve local key storage on Windows using CryptProtectData
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- Go
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Description
CryptProtectData is a Windows API that encrypts data using a user-specific master secret. Other processes running as that user on that machine can still decrypt stuff, but at least malware that's just grabbing file dumps from disk won't be able to do anything with the ciphertext when it's off the user's machine.
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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
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by reading the linked CryptProtectData documentation and locating the Windows local key-storage implementation; completion should protect the stored data with the user-specific Windows mechanism described in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100