openwallet-foundation / openwallet-foundation/askar

Disable encryption for debugging purposes

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Rust
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Description

I would be curious to store the data in the wallet as plain text.

Reading the documentation I came across:

none indicates that no store key is used. This key type should
be used only for testing and inspecting profile contents without encryption.

By modifying the AcaPy code I was able to choose none as the store key type. Looking into the table config I can also see that key is none. Unfortunately, the data in items and items_tags still seems to be encrypted or at least are not shown in plain text.

Am I missing something? Does it only affect the encryption of the profile keys but not the encryption of the profile content?

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Research direction

Start with docs/storage.md and the reported AcaPy configuration using the none store key type. Trace how the config, items, and items_tags tables handle encryption, then document whether plaintext storage is expected for profile contents and what behavior would confirm the issue is resolved.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
databases, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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