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UX: no way to get public key from private key #122
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I don't know whether the underlying cryptography is Another example of this usage would be WireGuard. First you generate the private key using I would suggest this two step process of outputting keys is a better way to resolve the current situation where one is sent to a file and the other is output to the terminal. It's of course possible to capture both with the current system but it requires a little more understanding of the shell and is more open to confusion. |
I am interested in implementing this! My current idea is to expand
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Sounds good, except the name of the argument being pubkey sounds a bit confusing |
It was based on wireguard's |
there seems to be no way to generate the public key from the private key given the current options available to
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, I was wondering if it was worth having this (if it is possible, i am ignorant in this field) in case you ever lose the "public" part of the keyfor example, ssh can do this via
is this useful to add?
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