rice.post.security.ca
Class CAKeyGenerator

java.lang.Object
  rice.post.security.ca.CAKeyGenerator

public class CAKeyGenerator

extends java.lang.Object

This class starts generates a new keypair for the certificate authority, asks for a password, and encrypts the keypair under the hash of the password into the provided filename.

Version:

$Id: CAKeyGenerator.java 2326 2005-03-14 23:04:14Z amislove $

Author:

amislove

Field Summary

static int

MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH The minimum length of a password.

Constructor Summary

CAKeyGenerator()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	fetchPassword(java.lang.String prompt) DESCRIBE THE METHOD
static java.lang.String	getPassword() Returns a echo-off password from the command line
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) The main program for the CertificateAuthorityKeyGenerator class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH

public static int MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH

The minimum length of a password.

Constructor Detail

CAKeyGenerator

public CAKeyGenerator()

Method Detail

getPassword

public static java.lang.String getPassword()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Returns a echo-off password from the command line

Returns:

The Password value

Throws:

java.io.IOException - DESCRIBE THE EXCEPTION

fetchPassword

public static java.lang.String fetchPassword(java.lang.String prompt)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

DESCRIBE THE METHOD

Parameters:

prompt - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

Returns:

DESCRIBE THE RETURN VALUE

Throws:

java.io.IOException - DESCRIBE THE EXCEPTION

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

The main program for the CertificateAuthorityKeyGenerator class

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments