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keyutils

brew install keyutils v1.6.3 GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later

Linux kernel keyring utilities for managing cryptographic keys and security credentials.

Why you might care

Provides command-line and library interfaces to the Linux kernel keyring subsystem, essential for managing encryption keys, SELinux contexts, and authentication credentials at the OS level. Required by authentication daemons, container runtimes, and systems that rely on kernel-level key storage.

Categories

sysadmin security library

Alternatives

OpenSSL GnuPG libsodium
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365-day · #248

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