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Ruby script to generate OpenSSL Key-Pairs
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ssl_key_pairs.rb
require "openssl"
# could also be different
key_length = 4096
new_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.generate(key_length)
public_key = new_key.public_key
public_key_string = public_key.to_s
private_key = new_key.private_key
private_key_string = private_key.to_s
# continue work with the keys here
# put them either to the command line or neither write them into a file
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