krab

krab is a "semi secure" keystore that satisfies the IPFS keystore interface, allowing it to be used natively with many existing IPFS implementations, and tools. It stores keys on disk in a badger datastore, encrypting the keys before being stored in the datastore. Each time a key is fetched, it is decrypted first. A single password is used to encrypt all keys.

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usage

There are two ways to use krab, one is to import with import "github.com/RTradeLtd/krab/v4", the other is to use RTradeLtd/kaas which exposes krab functionality via a gRPC API.

limitations

Because badger is used as the underlying data store, a single badger datastore is unable to have multiple indepent readers/writers, only readers. If you are writing to the datastore (aka, storing keys) then you must use the gRPC version, as it enables usage of a single badger datastore via multiple different services.

future improvements

• Define groups of keys, with each group having a separate encryption password