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Generating keys with GPG
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| import os | |
| import gnupg | |
| pwd = os.getcwd() | |
| gpg = gnupg.GPG(gnupghome=pwd, verbose=False) | |
| gpg.encoding = "utf-8" | |
| key_input = gpg.gen_key_input(key_type="RSA", key_length=2048, name_real="Si Ki", name_comment="dev", | |
| name_email="io@acceleron") | |
| key = gpg.gen_key(key_input) | |
| ascii_armored_public_keys = gpg.export_keys(str(key), expect_passphrase=False) | |
| ascii_armored_private_keys = gpg.export_keys(str(key), True, expect_passphrase=False) | |
| with open('keyfile.asc', 'w') as f: | |
| f.write(ascii_armored_public_keys) | |
| f.write(ascii_armored_private_keys) |
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Requirements:
install gnupg on mac (process might be different for linux and windows) brew install gnupg2
add this to rc file export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
(Optional) brew install pinentry-mac for reading passphrases through terminal. Link
Prerequisites:
GPG needs a home directory to work out of (gnupghome argument), where it stores all the info necessary, for example its keystore (which is called a keyring), it's trust database.
Please refer to this for issues relating to randomness