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More about privacy
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W4Builds Vault ensures safe and easy storage of encrypted secrets. Integrate these secrets seamlessly into your CI/CD pipelines to enhance workflow security and efficiency

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Types of tokens
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W4Builds offers flexible encrypted storage where users can securely store various types of secrets. This feature is designed for easy integration with multiple third-party systems

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What are ssh keys?
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SSH keys are a security protocol commonly used by Git providers. They operate on a pair of files: a public key and a private key. The Git repository stores the public key, while W4Builds securely stores the private key. This setup allows W4Builds to effectively communicate with and clone your Git projects

**Use cases**

    - Compiling and Building from a private repository


want to deep dive into ssh keys? `ssh.com <https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh-keys>`_.


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What are passwords/secrets?
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W4 builds can also store a more simpler(compare to ssh keys) secret/password. These are texts who would work as signing keys, auth tokens etcs.

**Use cases**

    - Sending webhook to an authenticated third party (rocket chat, slack, github,gitlab etc..)
    - Receiving signed webhooks