SYD-KEY(1)                  General Commands Manual                 SYD-KEY(1)

NAME
       syd-key - Utility to generate AES-CTR Key and IV

SYNOPSIS
       syd-key [-h] -t <tag-str>

DESCRIPTION
       The syd-key utility generates random 256-bit AES-CTR keys using Linux
       Kernel's random number generator. The key is printed as a hexadecimal
       string to standard output.

OPTIONS

       -h         Display help.
       -t <tag>   Read key-hex from standard input, derive a new key with HKDF
                  using the given information tag.


SEE ALSO
       syd(1), syd(2), syd(5), syd-aes(1)

       syd homepage: https://sydbox.exherbolinux.org/

AUTHORS
       Maintained by Ali Polatel. Up-to-date sources can be found at
       https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and bugs/patches can be
       submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. Discuss
       in #sydbox on Libera Chat.

                                  2025-02-14                        SYD-KEY(1)