keyfork-derive-openpgp: document KEYFORK_OPENPGP_EXPIRE

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Ryan Heywood 2024-04-16 13:03:40 -04:00
parent 289cec36ef
commit f0e5ae9a8b
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GPG Key ID: 8E401478A3FBEF72
2 changed files with 13 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ pub enum Error {
#[allow(missing_docs)]
pub type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
/// Create an OpenPGP Cert with derived keys from the given derivation response, keys, and User
/// ID.
/// Create an OpenPGP Cert with private key data, with derived keys from the given derivation
/// response, keys, and User ID.
///
/// Certificates are created with a default expiration of one day, but may be configured to expire
/// later using the `KEYFORK_OPENPGP_EXPIRE` environment variable using values such as "15d" (15
/// days), "1m" (one month), or "2y" (two years).
///
/// # Errors
/// The function may error for any condition mentioned in [`Error`].
@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn derive(xprv: XPrv, keys: &[KeyFlags], userid: &UserID) -> Result<Cert> {
let cert = cert.insert_packets(vec![Packet::from(userid.clone()), binding.into()])?;
let policy = sequoia_openpgp::policy::StandardPolicy::new();
// Set certificate expiration to one day
// Set certificate expiration to configured expiration or (default) one day
let mut keypair = primary_key.clone().into_keypair()?;
let signatures =
cert.set_expiration_time(&policy, None, &mut keypair, Some(expiration_date))?;

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@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ pub enum DeriveSubcommands {
/// Derive an OpenPGP Transferable Secret Key (private key). The key is encoded using OpenPGP
/// ASCII Armor, a format usable by most programs using OpenPGP.
///
/// The key is generated with a 24-hour expiration time. The operation to set the expiration
/// time to a higher value is left to the user to ensure the key is usable by the user.
/// Certificates are created with a default expiration of one day, but may be configured to
/// expire later using the `KEYFORK_OPENPGP_EXPIRE` environment variable using values such as
/// "15d" (15 days), "1m" (one month), or "2y" (two years).
///
/// It is recommended to use the default expiration of one day and to change the expiration
/// using an external utility, to ensure the Certify key is usable.
#[command(name = "openpgp")]
OpenPGP {
/// Default User ID for the certificate, using the OpenPGP User ID format.