Example Node Cryptographic License Files

This is an example of how to verify and decrypt cryptographic license files in Node, using Ed25519 signing and AES-256-GCM encryption. This example verifies the aes-256-gcm+ed25519 algorithm.

Running the example

First up, add an environment variable containing your DER-encoded Ed25519 public key:

export KEYGEN_PUBLIC_KEY='MCowBQYDK2VwAyEA6GAeSLaTg7pSAkX9B5cemD0G0ixCV8/YIwRgFHnO54g='

You can either run each line above within your terminal session before starting the app, or you can add the above contents to your ~/.bashrc file and then run source ~/.bashrc after saving the file.

Next, install dependencies with yarn:

yarn

Then run the script, passing in a path to a license file, and a license key as arguments:

yarn start --license 'A_LICENSE_KEY' --path /etc/keygen/license.lic

Or run one of the pre-defined examples:

KEYGEN_PUBLIC_KEY='MCowBQYDK2VwAyEA6GAeSLaTg7pSAkX9B5cemD0G0ixCV8/YIwRgFHnO54g=' yarn start \
  --license 'DC00E8-CC6DA1-2E35BF-BBDC02-E80494-V3' \
  --path examples/license.lic

The following will happen:

1. The license file's authenticity will be verified using Ed25519, by verifing its signature using the public key.
2. The license file will be decrypted using the license key as the decryption key.

If everything checks out, the script will print the decrypted contents of the license file — the license object, with any included data. If it fails, check your inputs.

Questions?

Reach out at support@keygen.sh if you have any questions or concerns!