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/usr/bin/curve_keygen

The ZeroMQ messaging library and tools

From zeromq 4.3.5-r15 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running curve_keygen -help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

This tool generates a CurveZMQ keypair, as two printable strings you can
use in configuration files or source code. The encoding uses Z85, which
is a base-85 format that is described in 0MQ RFC 32, and which has an
implementation in the z85_codec.h source used by this tool. The keypair
always works with the secret key held by one party and the public key
distributed (securely!) to peers wishing to connect to it.

== CURVE PUBLIC KEY ==
-MH5Z0?n{V>%t<&CN8+RE49=C4D9K{G]y42*q=@D

== CURVE SECRET KEY ==
TJLC<t4h0d>/m7.<&2xD(@%tJHa2XOcEB{.T01>*

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