document pubsub message signing
License: MIT Signed-off-by: Steven Allen <steven@stebalien.com>
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@@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ feature shouldn't break compatibility with existing IPFS nodes.
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You can enable gossipsub via configuration:
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`ipfs config Pubsub.Router gossipsub`
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+### Message Signing
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+As of 0.4.18, go-ipfs signs all pubsub messages by default. For now, it doesn't
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+*reject* unsigned messages but it will in the future.
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+You can turn off message signing (not recommended unless you're using a private
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+network) by running:
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+`ipfs config Pubsub.DisableSigning true`
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+You can turn on strict signature verification (require that all messages be
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+signed) by running:
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+`ipfs config Pubsub.StrictSignatureVerification true`
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+(this last option will be set to true by default and eventually removed entirely)
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### Road to being a real feature
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- [ ] Needs more people to use and report on how well it works
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- [ ] Needs authenticated modes to be implemented