[HN Gopher] Ed25519-CLI - command-line interface for the Ed25519...
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       Ed25519-CLI - command-line interface for the Ed25519 signature
       system
        
       Author : INGELRII
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2025-12-28 16:12 UTC (6 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (lib25519.cr.yp.to)
 (TXT) w3m dump (lib25519.cr.yp.to)
        
       | alexjurkiewicz wrote:
       | (2024)
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       | My favourite part of these tools is the zany use of numbered file
       | descriptors. `keypair` outputs the public key on fd 5 and secret
       | key on fd 9. But signing reads the secret key on fd 8, while
       | verification reads the public key on fd 4! Why aren't they the
       | same?? I have to read the manpage every time.
        
         | Retr0id wrote:
         | I'm curious, what do you actually use it for?
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         | I'd have otherwise guessed that this tool mainly exists just to
         | test lib25519. Personally I'd only ever want a library, or some
         | higher-level tool. A CLI tool that _just_ does raw signing
         | feels like a weird (and footgun-shaped) middle ground.
        
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