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feat(content-node): CID allowlist and takedown denylist for the public gateway

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, security

Research direction

Start with dependency #71 and the spike it produces; the issue does not identify implementation files or tests. Decide whether Kubo configuration, a reverse proxy rule, or a Boxo-based gateway fits the spike, then trace how the audit collection and provenance storage provide allowed CIDs and how admins maintain the denylist. Done means unlisted and denylisted CIDs are refused, with behavior covered by a test.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

boxo enhancement storage tier-3

Summary

Make sure the public gateway only serves platform-published content and can drop content on request.

Estimated size: M

Motivation

Otherwise the gateway is an open proxy to the IPFS network at our cost.

Proposal

  • Implement in the form the spike recommends (reverse-proxy rule, Kubo setting or a small Boxo-based gateway).
  • Allowlist fed from the audit collection and the provenance storage references; denylist maintained by admins.

Acceptance criteria

  • A request for a CID not on the allowlist is refused.
  • Denylisted CIDs are refused even if allowlisted.
  • Behavior is covered by a test.

Technical notes and risks

  • Conditional: if the spike shows Kubo configuration is enough, adapt the scope to that.

Dependencies

  • #71

Part of #43. Ground rules for the content layer: no secrets in the repo, content-layer failures must never block or discard quantum execution, and tests and docs ship with every PR.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
2
Forks
4
Avg merge
6h 54m
Merged PRs (30d)
7

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