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> I'm curious, what do you actually use it for? FTA: > These tools allow lib25519 to be easily used from shell scripts. I've never used ed25519-cli, but not
by Fnoord 10mo ago
> I'm curious, what do you actually use it for?
FTA:
> These tools allow lib25519 to be easily used from shell scripts.
I've never used ed25519-cli, but not having to use a library is nice for someone who isn't a programmer.
- tptacek 10mo agoThe Venn diagram of "not a programmer" and "can safely use Ed25519" is two non-overlapping circles.
- alexjurkiewicz 10mo agoSimply combine this tool with `openssl enc` and your shell script is as secure as any shell script could be
- kfreds 10mo agoI don't consider myself a programmer and I can use Ed25519 safely. I do however understand computing fairly well.
- Retr0id 10mo agoI consider myself a programmer and ed25519-understander, but the idea of using it directly within a shell script terrifies me.
- PunchyHamster 10mo ago"this app needs me to generate a key and point to it in config" is plenty of overlap
- Retr0id 10mo agoIf you just want a raw ed25519 private key then `head -c32 /dev/urandom` does the job. But usually you want a DER/PEM wrapper or similar, which the openssl cli tools handle nicely.
- loeg 10mo agoSomeone writing shell scripts is a programmer, for better or worse.