First - what happens if I don't give a passphrase? Is some sort of pseudo random phrase used? I'm just looking for something "good enough" to keep casual hackers at bay. Second - how do I generate a key pair from the command line, supplying the passphrase on the command line? I finally got it working using these commands, using exec() which it is generally reckoned not safe to use, being better to
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