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JWT token security #4

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csterling opened this issue Jul 3, 2020 · 1 comment
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JWT token security #4

csterling opened this issue Jul 3, 2020 · 1 comment
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Tokens are currently stored in plain-text on disk. Anyone who gains access to the token can authenticate as the user.

Investigate ways of shoring up this problem.
@csterling csterling added the back-burner Not a priority right now label Jul 3, 2020
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fracpete commented Jul 3, 2020

A simple measure would be to ensure that the parent directory (on Linux) has 0700 as octal permissions and 0600 on the file itself (like $HOME/.ssh).

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