Access control

[bronger]

How is it realised in IPFS that a certain file is only accessed by certain people? I saw UNIX-like permissions in the white paper of IPLD, but how is this enforced?

[jcalfee]

You probably need to encrypt the file and use a shared secret. This probably is not the job of the IPFS system..

[bronger]

In the meantime, I've got the impression that there are plans for more sophisticated access control in the future. But there doesn't seem to be anything concrete yet.

[madavieb]

This issue has been moved to https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/access-control/285.