AWS Credentials, Stored Safer

Written by mikefettis | Published 2020/03/10
Tech Story Tags: aws | security | encryption | secrets | programming | cybersecurity-skills | plain-text-credentials | hack-the-planet

TLDR AWS Credentials, Stored Safer, can be stored in plain text. There is a setting in the aws config that allows AWS to source the credentials externally. We can use this in conjunction with native openssl to give you a poor mans encrypted aws keys. The aws cli stored key id and secret in plaintext in a well known location in well-known location. We need to update `~/.aws/config` and pass the full path of the script and the encrypted blob.via the TL;DR App

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Written by mikefettis | hacker and janitor building platforms and systems that when they work no one knows they are there.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/03/10