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Patrick Roumanoff 2015-09-04 09:42:47 +10:00
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@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ There is no way to generate a ssh keypair on the chrome book, but we have access
* I had to learn about the WebCrypto API - which was the initial goal
* I had to learn about JWK
* I had to learn about ASN.1 to encode the private key for open SSH
* I had to lean about the open SSH public format to encode the public key for open SSH
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* I had to leanr about base64url encoding (thanks JWK) and how to convert it to and form base64 encoding
* I had to learn about ASN.1 to encode the private key for OpenSSH
* I had to lean about the open SSH public format to encode the public key for OpenSSH
The end result is a usable single page app that will locally generate a keypair you can save to local drive. Allowing you to do that straight from chrome on a chrome book.