#!/bin/bash ##### # # Author: Kevin Douglas # # Simple command line script to backup ascii armor gpg keys to paper. You can # use the following commands to export your keys in ascii armor format: # # gpg --armor --export > pgp-public-keys.asc # gpg --armor --export-secret-keys > pgp-private-keys.asc # gpg --armor --gen-revoke [your key ID] > pgp-revocation.asc # # These can then be used to restore your keys if necessary. # # This script will allow you to convert the above ascii armor keys into a # printable QR code for long-term archival. # # This script depends on the following libraries/applications: # # libqrencode (http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/) # # If you need to backup or restore binary keys, see this link to get started: # # https://gist.github.com/joostrijneveld/59ab61faa21910c8434c#file-gpg2qrcodes-sh # ##### # Maximum chuck size to send to the QR encoder. QR version 40 supports # 2,953 bytes of storage. max_qr_bytes=2800 # Prefix string for the PNG images that are produced image_prefix="QR" # Argument/usage check if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then echo "usage: `basename ${0}` " exit 1 fi asc_key=${1} if [ ! -f ${asc_key} ]; then echo "key file not found: ${asc_key}" exit 1 fi ## Split the key file into usable chunks that the QR encoder can consume chunks=() while true; do s=$( head -c ${max_qr_bytes} ) if [ ${#s} -gt 0 ]; then chunks+=("${s}") else break fi done <<< "$( cat ${asc_key} )" ## For each chunk, encode it into a qr image index=1 for c in "${chunks[@]}"; do img="${image_prefix}${index}.png" echo "generating ${img}" echo -n "${c}" | qrencode -o ${img} if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "failed to encode image" exit 2 fi index=$((index+1)) done