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Choose The Correct Encryption Library

You work for MDFT Pro, a well-known training agency. The academy has a GitHub repository that uses GitHub Actions and stores access keys using GitHub encrypted secrets. You plan to update the secrets programmatically by using the GitHub REST API. Before sending new secrets to the GitHub API, you need to properly encrypt and wrap the secrets.

You have developed a Node.js application to update the secrets. Which encryption library should you use to encrypt and wrap your secrets?

Choose the correct answer from the options below.

Explanations for each answer:

Hashlib is incorrect. Hashlib is a Python library used primarily for creating hash digests, not for the asymmetric encryption required by GitHub's secret API.
CryptoNet is incorrect. CryptoNet is a cryptography library for C#, not Node.js. It also lacks the sealed-box encryption required by GitHub's secrets API.
Libsodium is correct.
BouncyCastle is incorrect. BouncyCastle is a cryptography library for Java and C#, not Node.js. It also lacks the sealed-box encryption required by GitHub's secrets API.

Learn more about encrypting secrets for the GitHub REST API:

Encrypting GitHub Secrets

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Choose The Correct Encryption Library