On Oct 5, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Faramir wrote:
* The file format is now included as part of the base16 output, as there is no guarantee that this program will be on-hand when a reconstruction is necessary. The format can also be displayed via the --file-format command. Suggested by Brendan Kidwell.So... the key can be reconstructed without using paperkey? How could it be done?
You could theoretically reconstruct the key using any reasonable editor that works on binary files. Paperkey just does the work for you. Brendan pointed out, rather reasonably, that after a key is archived on paper for a long time, there may not be a copy of paperkey handy to restore it. Thus, paperkey prints out the file format (as a human-readable comment) before the actual secret key data. It's just there in case someone needs it someday.
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