PEM2OPENPGP(1) BSD General Commands Manual PEM2OPENPGP(1)
NAME
pem2openpgp -- translate PEM-encoded RSA keys to OpenPGP certificates
SYNOPSIS
pem2openpgp $USERID < mykey.pem | gpg --import
PEM2OPENPGP_EXPIRATION=$((86400 * $DAYS)) PEM2OPENPGP_USAGE_FLAGS=authenticate,certify pem2openpgp $USERID <mykey.pem
DESCRIPTION
pem2openpgp is a low-level utility for transforming raw, PEM-encoded RSA secret keys into OpenPGP-formatted certificates. The generated cer-
tificates include the secret key material, so they should be handled carefully.
It works as an element within a pipeline: feed it the raw key on stdin, supply the desired User ID as a command line argument. Note that you
may need to quote the string to ensure that it is entirely in a single argument.
Other choices about how to generate the new OpenPGP certificate are governed by environment variables.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables influence the behavior of pem2openpgp:
PEM2OPENPGP_TIMESTAMP controls the timestamp (measured in seconds since the UNIX epoch) indicated as the creation time (a.k.a "not valid
before") of the generated certificate (self-signature) and the key itself. By default, pem2openpgp uses the current time.
PEM2OPENPGP_KEY_TIMESTAMP controls the timestamp (measured in seconds since the UNIX epoch) indicated as the creation time of just the key
itself (not the self-signature). By default, pem2openpgp uses the value from PEM2OPENPGP_TIMESTAMP.
PEM2OPENPGP_USAGE_FLAGS should contain a comma-separated list of valid OpenPGP usage flags (see section 5.2.3.21 of RFC 4880 for what these
mean). The available choices are: certify, sign, encrypt_comms, encrypt_storage, encrypt (this means both encrypt_comms and encrypt_stor-
age), authenticate, split, shared. By default, pem2openpgp only sets the certify flag.
PEM2OPENPGP_EXPIRATION sets an expiration (measured in seconds after the creation time of the key) in each self-signature packet. By default,
no expiration subpacket is included.
PEM2OPENPGP_NEWKEY indicates that pem2openpgp should ignore stdin, and instead generate a new key internally and build the certificate based on
this new key. Set this variable to the number of bits for the new key (e.g. 2048). By default (when this is unset), pem2openpgp will read
the key from stdin.
AUTHOR
pem2openpgp and this man page were written by Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>.
BUGS
Only handles RSA keys at the moment. It might be nice to handle DSA keys as well.
Currently only creates certificates with a single User ID. Should be able to create certificates with multiple User IDs.
Currently only accepts unencrypted RSA keys. It should be able to deal with passphrase-locked key material.
Currently outputs OpenPGP certificates with cleartext secret key material. It would be good to be able to lock the output with a passphrase.
If you find other bugs, please report them at https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/monkeysphere
SEE ALSO
openpgp2ssh(1,) monkeysphere(1), monkeysphere(7), ssh(1), monkeysphere-host(8), monkeysphere-authentication(8)
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