wallet-simple

Overview ¶

The wallet-simple command generates a new random secret and prints it along with the matching Ripple address.

Usage: wallet-simple [-secret sXXXX]
Options:
  -secret="": Ripple secret, if empty gernate a random one

Examples:

> wallet-simple
 secret: sp6JS7f14BuwFY8Mw6bTtLKWauoUs
address: rJq5ce8cdbWBsysXx32rvLMV6DUxMwruMT

> wallet-simple -secret sp6JS7f14BuwFY8Mw6bTtLKWauoUs
rJq5ce8cdbWBsysXx32rvLMV6DUxMwruMT

To build/install use "go get" as with any other go package/program. See the README at https://bitbucket.org/dchapes/ripple for more detailed instructions if you're unfamiliar with Go.

This command is purposefully as simple and small as reasonably possible so that it can be reviewed/audited without any extra complications.

The following items, at a minimum, would need to be reviewed/audited to have some confience in this command's ability to securely generate secrets:

• The command's main function. It uses the rkey package in the most simple way possible.
• The rkey package. In particular it's use of crypto/rand to generate the random seed and its further progression into the encoded secret and the encoded Ripple address.
• The Kollitz curve implementation (used to calculate and show the matching Ripple address).
• The relevant Go base packages used, in particular crypto/rand.
• The underlying operating system's random device used by crypto/rand. On Unix-like systems, /dev/urandom is used and is typically good, on MS-Windows the CryptGenRandom API used and may be suspect.