kxc(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to kxc — it's literally the Key exchange client 💅 that's the whole vibe.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

kxc [options...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so kxc is a client for kxd(1), which is a key exchange daemon. yes, they're a little duo. iconic partnership behavior honestly 🫶

here's the tea on how it works: you hand it a client key 🔑 and certificate, the expected server certificate, and a URL pointing at the server — something like "kxd://server/host1/key1" — and it prints out, on standard output, the returned key. that's the contents of the corresponding key file over on the server. no cap, that's it, that's the whole thing ✨

and listen — there are scripts that tie this whole situation into cryptsetup's infrastructure so your encrypted devices just... open automatically?? main character energy fr fr. the details live in kxc-cryptsetup(1), go peek 👀

💖 OPTIONS 💖

• --client_key=file — the file holding your client private key 🔐 (in PAM format, don't forget)
• --client_cert=file — the file with the client certificate that goes with the key you just gave it (also PAM format, matching set bestie 💞)
• --server_cert=file — the file containing a valid server certificate 🛡️ (yep, PAM format again)

🌸 CONTACT 🌸

main website → <https://blitiri.com.ar/p/kxd> (yes it's literally a URL, I'm not making it a link, I'm respecting the source 🫡)

got questions? comments? patches? a whole essay?? send it all to "albertito@blitiri.com.ar" 📬 they'd love to hear from you I'm sure

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• kxc-cryptsetup(1)
• kxd(1)

and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and exchange those keys 👑💜

ok but for real, sign-off time: this was the kxc(1) page, dated 2019-08-10 🗓️✨ slay, bye 🎀