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authorDanConwayDev <DanConwayDev@protonmail.com>2023-09-01 00:00:00 +0000
committerDanConwayDev <DanConwayDev@protonmail.com>2023-09-01 00:00:00 +0000
commit96660a90e4cd296a2922d7a547de4cd9d0b1928b (patch)
treee5216e22ee1a3e1653d8d1ecd856f4f03615d6a1 /src/main.rs
parent6423baebd92e45c9be85157c443dff42e65d8d14 (diff)
feat(login) password login using encrypted nsec
Enables the user to only handle the nsec upon first use of the tool by encrypting it with a password and storing it on disk in an application cache. The approach to encryption draws heavily from that used by the gossip nostr client. - unencrypted nsec is zeroed from memory - a salt is used to defend against rainbow tables - computationally expensive key stretching defends against brute-force attacks of passwords with low entropy. There is UX trade-off between decryption speed and key-stretching computation. This UX challenge is exacerbated in a cli tool as decryption must take place more regularly. Thought was put into the selected n_log and a heavily reduced value is provided for long passwords where security benefits are smaller. A more granular reducing in computation was also considered by rejected to avoided to revealing just how weak a password is as most weak passwords are reused.
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d16f1a3..e6eac32 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ pub struct Cli {
17 #[command(subcommand)] 17 #[command(subcommand)]
18 command: Commands, 18 command: Commands,
19 /// nsec or hex private key 19 /// nsec or hex private key
20 #[arg(short, long)] 20 #[arg(short, long, global = true)]
21 nsec: Option<String>, 21 nsec: Option<String>,
22 /// password to decrypt nsec
23 #[arg(short, long, global = true)]
24 password: Option<String>,
22} 25}
23 26
24#[derive(Subcommand)] 27#[derive(Subcommand)]