Orbit-db: Which mecanism does orbitdb use for read/write access?

[maroodb]

read/write access control isn't implemented in IPFS spec, so which mecanisme is used by orbitdb ?

[RichardLitt]

IIRC, we haven't implemented this yet. One of the other maintainers should know.

[shamb0t]

Hi @maroodb!

There is currently no read-access control. Anyone with the address and network access can read the contents of the db. For write-access, an immutable list of write-capable keys must be added at db creation as shown here. Though we are in the process of changing this mechanism to add support for dynamically adding write-capabilities (we are removing orbitdb.key in favor of using an identity as orbitdb.identity). Key-revocation is still an open discussion and is not currently being implemented. I hope this answers your question!

[aphelionz]

Closing and referring people to the OrbitDB Field Manual if they have more questions.