loop-aes-keygen(1)

loop-aes-keygen1

Create loop-aes keys

Usage

loop-aes-keygen [options] keyfile

Overview

Creates keys for loop-AES loopback encryption.

Options

-v <1|2|3>

Key format (Default: 3).

-c cipher

Encrypt using GnuPG cipher cipher

-u id

Encrypt using GnuPG pubkey id . Can be given more than once (Default: Encrypt symmetrically with passphrase)

-s device

Override random source (Default: /dev/random). Don't use this option unless you know what you are doing. A bad source can silently create useless and trivially crackable keys. On the other hand, a known good source faster than /dev/random (eg. good hardware RNG) can significantly speed up the key creation.

Examples

Create key

$ loop-aes-keygen key.gpg

Create key for multiple users

$ loop-aes-keygen -u user1@$HOSTNAME -u "User 2" key.gpg

Create blowfish encrypted key in loop-AES v2.x format

$ loop-aes-keygen -c BLOWFISH -v2 key.gpg

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0

Author

Max Vozeler <[email protected]>

From loop-aes-utils 2.16.2-1 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.