Pure JavaScript RSA generation about crx

[jed]

agreed, portability would be a neat thing to have.

[pavel-shirobok]

Hi, really, guys, this will be awesome! 👍

[thom4parisot]

@ramshteks it's already half-way done with #22 :-) now node-rsa just needs some love to generate a public key in the binary DER format (cf. rzcoder/node-rsa#19).

If you know how to do that, I am pretty sure the author of node-rsa will accept this contribution with pleasure.

[pavel-shirobok]

@oncletom oh... Thank u for reply! No I dont know how to do this :(

I'm right now working with ur crx module and it's working great but only in cygwin. I hope my client will accept this solution!

[thom4parisot]

@ramshteks you could create a Docker container and have crx as an ENTRYPOINT to run it almost natively, at least without cygwin.

[pavel-shirobok]

@oncletom problem in openssl. It isnot installed in windows by default, so this is problem. But I will check Docker(I dont know what is it yes). thank u for advice

[thom4parisot]

Once you have installed docker try that:

$ docker pull oncletom/crx
$ docker run -t oncletom/crx --help
Usage: crx [options] [command]

  Commands:

    keygen [directory]  generate a private key in [directory]/key.pem
    pack [directory]    pack [directory] into a .crx extension

  Options:

    -h, --help                output usage information
    -V, --version             output the version number
    -f, --file [file]         input/output <file> instead of stdin/stdout
    -p, --private-key <file>  relative path to private key [key.pem]
    -b, --max-buffer <total>  max amount of memory allowed to generate the crx, in byte

crx is isolated with openssl. It should be easier to deploy and being less messy with any environment you deploy on.

PS: here are some guidance on how to install/use Docker on Windows