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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 certifi-
     cates include the secret key material, so they should be handled care-
     fully.

     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	argu-
     ment.

     Other choices about how to	generate the new OpenPGP certificate are gov-
     erned 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	de-
     fault, 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, en-
     crypt_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 in-
     stead 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 mate-
     rial.  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)

BSD				March 1,, 2009				   BSD

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