Genkey
Genkey is a generic term for tools and routines that create cryptographic key material. It denotes the process of generating a private/public key pair used in asymmetric cryptography and may refer to a command-line utility named genkey or to any function within a cryptography library that performs key generation. Implementations labeled genkey commonly support multiple algorithms such as RSA, DSA, ECDSA, and Ed25519, and produce keys in common formats like PEM or DER. Private keys are typically protected by a passphrase when the tool supports it.
A typical genkey workflow involves selecting an algorithm and a key size or curve, initializing a secure
Applications for genkey include provisioning credentials for SSH authentication, TLS/SSL certificates, code signing, and email encryption
Security considerations are central to genkey use. Key generation should occur on trusted hardware or systems
See also: public-key cryptography, key management, SSH keys, TLS, PGP.