# IPFS and access control

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-and-access-control/3862>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** js-ipfs, go-ipfs\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-and-access-control/3862 "2018-09-18T15:33:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![maroodb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@maroodb](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/maroodb)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-and-access-control/3862/1 "2018-09-18T15:33:23Z")

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one of the weaknesses of IPFS is the absence of access control mechanisms, after googling, I found a mechanism called “cryptree”, but I didn’t find a simple way to implement such mechanism.  
So anyone has any idea about implementing access control mechanism over IPFS?