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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Lars Wirzenius
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import sys
+
+import Crypto.PublicKey.RSA
+
+
+RSA_KEY_BITS = 4096 # A nice, currently safe length
+
+key = Crypto.PublicKey.RSA.generate(RSA_KEY_BITS)
+
+filename = sys.argv[1]
+
+def write(filename, byts):
+ with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+ f.write(byts.decode('ascii'))
+
+write(filename, key.exportKey('PEM'))
+write(filename + '.pub', key.exportKey('OpenSSH'))