peombwa / KeyManager

Library to manage keys in Linux, MacOS and Windows.

KeyManager

Key manager is a POC library that can be used to store and retrieve keys/tokens securely on Linux, Windows and MacOS (Not supported).

Linux

On Linux, it uses Kernel Key Retention Service to cache authentication tokens in the kernel for use by userspace apps.

Windows

Windows DPAPI is used to protect and unprotect data before writing it to and reading it from a file.

MacOS

To be implemented.

Running the Sample

1. Clone project from GitHub to your computer (Windows or Linux).
2. Install DotNet core on your computer if not yet installed.
3. Navigate to the cloned project and run dotnet build -c Release -r win10-x64 for Windows and dotnet build -c Release -r ubuntu.16.10-x64 for Ubuntu. This builds the projects, and generates an executable.
4. Navigate to KeyManager\TestConsoleApp\bin\ and find TestConsoleApp.exe on Windows and TestConsoleApp on Ubuntu.
5. Run .\TestConsoleApp.exe -c {CLIENT-ID} -d {CACHE_FILE_DIR} on Windows and .\TestConsoleApp -c {CLIENT-ID} -d {CACHE_FILE_DIR} on Ubuntu.
6. You should authenticate once, and subsequent calls will use the token cache.