From 7d94efe136bb9516666a940ebef51b4b6180240c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: davidegirardi <16451191+davidegirardi@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Spell out secure secret storage and sharing (#1875) Co-authored-by: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Travis Ralston --- changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1875.clarification | 1 + content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1875.clarification diff --git a/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1875.clarification b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1875.clarification new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4e627ea0 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1875.clarification @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Document the acronyms and alternate names for the "Secrets" section. diff --git a/content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md b/content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md index 541ca877..3e586bc4 100644 --- a/content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md +++ b/content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ secret when storing, fetching, requesting, or sharing the secret. Secrets are plain strings; structured data can be stored by encoding it as a string. +The mechanism described in this section is known as "secure secret storage and +sharing", "SSSS", or "4S". + #### Storage When secrets are stored on the server, they are stored in the user's