This project uses rust language and cargo package manager. You can run it using cargo run command.

certifier generate --credentials "Bob [email protected]" --pubkey bob_key.pub --privkey bob_key --output certificates/bob

This command will create a certificate named bob.certificate on certificates/ folder.

bob_key.pub and bob_key are public and private key in OpenSSH format. They can be generated using ssh-keygen like this: ssh-keygen -f bob_key -N "".

certifier sign --document bob_document.txt --certificate certificates/bob.certficicate --privkey bob_key

This command will create a detatched signature named bob_document.signature for the content of file bob_document.txt.

certifier check --document bob_document.txt --trust certificates/

This commmand will look for the right certificate into certificates/ folder and will check the integrity of bob_document.txt using the public key present in the certificate printing a message with the result.

To get help with all the options and commands run this program using the -h flag: certifier <SUBCOMMAND> -h

The subcommands are generate, sign and check.