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Rak Laptudirm
Rak Laptudirm

Reputation: 318

Storage of symmetric keys in Golang

I am currently developing an application which uses symmetric key encryption, with the key generated from an user provided password. I want to include a way for the user to log-in to the application, so for that I need to store the key somewhere accessible by different processes. I am currently using a temporary file for beta testing, but I know that is not very secure. What will be a simple key storage solution in golang?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 847

Answers (1)

Zoe
Zoe

Reputation: 79

Sensitive information, such as keys, should not be stored in your program/executable as this leaves them vulnerable. You can store the keys outside of your program using a database (where they should not be stored in plain-text) or by using a config file that can be read by your program. You can read more about it on this google forum.

Upvotes: 0

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