On 12/19/2013 09:28 PM, David Shaw wrote: > On Dec 19, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Eric Swanson <eswan...@alloscomp.com> wrote: > >> I'm trying to import a "raw" RSA secret key into GnuPG. >> >> I have p, q, d and the creation timestamp, as well as anything else >> that can be computed from them (n, u, e, etc etc). >> >> I've been implementing bits of RFC 4880 in an attempt to generate >> valid secret key files, but it looks like GnuPG won't import a key >> unless it has a valid self-signature, and that chunk of the >> specification is large and looks painful to implement. >> >> So how can I best get my (p,q,d,timestamp,n,u,e) structure into a >> valid GPG key which can be used to sign, encrypt, etc messages? > > If you can manage to make a RFC 4880 secret key packet, you should be able to > combine it with a user ID packet (either generate one yourself - no crypto > needed - or just copy one from another key), and then import the result with > --allow-non-selfsigned-uid. That should skip the need for a self-signature. > Once you have it imported, you can self-sign it via GPG, using "--edit-key > xxxxxx sign". > > David > This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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