Re:Git-secret – store private data in a Git repo
by tadfisher on Monday May 09, 2016 @06:54PM
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> The problem is you need some repository to store this information
This doesn't have to be a Git repository, nor does it have to be the same repository as the code which uses the secrets.
> it's incredibly helpful to store the configuration along with the code
It's helpful, but ultimately means that the ciphertext is potentially available to the world and existing keys may decipher it in perpetuity. Thus this is not a recommended tradeoff to make.
This doesn't have to be a Git repository, nor does it have to be the same repository as the code which uses the secrets.
> it's incredibly helpful to store the configuration along with the code
It's helpful, but ultimately means that the ciphertext is potentially available to the world and existing keys may decipher it in perpetuity. Thus this is not a recommended tradeoff to make.