PGP Key ID Miner

Generate the PGP Key ID you want.

Why?

Short IDs are insecure because they can be easily collided, so we need to use long IDs. But why not collide a convenient ID of your own to make long IDs just as easy to read and remember as they are to confirm?

A3A7 1230 AABB CCDD is easier to identify than 9710 B89B CA57 AD7C. And there is no difference in security.

Usage

Complie

git clone https://github.com/dallaslu/pgp-key-id-miner
cd pgp-key-id-miner
mvn assembly:assembly
cd target

Or:

Download

wget https://github.com/dallaslu/pgp-key-id-miner/releases/download/0.0.1/pgp-key-id-miner-0.0.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar

Test

java -jar pgp-key-id-miner-0.0.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar

Tue Feb 02 15:28:20 CST 2021 #0
Tue Feb 02 15:28:27 CST 2021 Got 46497FF457E16BE2A89C70193B2C65CC77000000 (Mon Feb 01 15:23:27 CST 2021), used 6s. #4237017
Tue Feb 02 15:28:27 CST 2021 Dumped with passphrase: UAwspD1EJKGOvnnboTmv

Customization

Param	Format
timeStartString	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss	Optional, Reqired if timeEndString is specified
timeEndString	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss	Optional
patterns	Consists of 0-9A-F, _ for arbitrary	Optional, Multiple

Examples

java -jar pgp-key-id-miner-0.0.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
"2021-01-01 00:00:00" \
"2021-01-02 00:00:00" \
00000000 \
0000____0000 \
00000000________ \
DEADBEEF \
A_A_A_ \
>> pgp-key-id-miner.log &

java -jar pgp-key-id-miner-0.0.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
"2021-01-01 00:00:00" \
00000000 \
0000____0000 \
00000000________ \
DEADBEEF \
A_A_A_ \
>> pgp-key-id-miner.log &

GnuPG

gpg --import 46497FF457E16BE2A89C70193B2C65CC77000000.sec
gpg --expert --edit-key 77000000

Next you should remove the default uid, add one of your own, and generate subkeys, at least one of which is used for encryption.

uid 1
deluid
adduid
addkey
save