libp2p / libp2p/research-pubsub
Symmetric pub auth
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Description
Most discussions of authentication for publishing is based on public keys. However, I think there may be a usecase for using symmetric/passphrase signing (think hmac) so that I could publish from anywhere that has an IPFS node so long as I know the password.
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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
The issue is a proposal for symmetric or passphrase-based publishing authentication, but it names no files, tests, or entry points. First determine the existing public-key publishing flow and whether the project wants to pursue this use case; done would require an agreed design and an implementation scope.
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Assessment
- Domain
- authentication, cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100