NAME¶

sigsum-key - sigsum handling of keys

DESCRIPTION¶

sigsum-key sub commands:

sigsum-key help | --help

Display this help. All the below sub commands also accept the --help option, to display help for that sub command.

sigsum-key gen -o file

Generate a new key pair. Private key is stored in the given file, in OpenSSH private key format. Corresponding public key file gets a ".pub" suffix, and is written in OpenSSH public key format.

sigsum-key verify [options] < msg

Verify a signature. For option details, see sigsum-key verify --help.

sigsum-key sign [options] < msg

Create a signature. For option details, see sigsum-key sign --help.

sigsum-key hash [-k file] [-o output]

Reads public key from file (by default, stdin) and writes key hash to output (by default, stdout).

sigsum-key hex [-k file] [-o output]

Reads public key from file (by default, stdin) and writes hex key to output (by default, stdout).

sigsum-key hex-to-pub [-k file] [-o output]

Reads hex public key from file (by default, stdin) and writes OpenSSH format public key to output (by default, stdout).