feat: generate unique options for a key chain (#20)

Author: richardschneider

src/keychain.js

@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ class Keychain {
     return defaultOptions
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Generates the options for a keychain.  A random salt is produced.
+   *
+   * @returns {object}
+   */
+  static generateOptions () {
+    const options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions)
+    const saltLength = Math.ceil(NIST.minSaltLength / 3) * 3 // no base64 padding
+    options.dek.salt = crypto.randomBytes(saltLength).toString('base64')
+    return options
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new key.
    *

test/keychain.spec.js

@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ module.exports = (datastore1, datastore2) => {
       expect(() => new Keychain(datastore2, { passPhrase: passPhrase, dek: { hash: 'my-hash' } })).to.throw()
     })
 
+    it('can generate options', () => {
+      const options = Keychain.generateOptions()
+      options.passPhrase = passPhrase
+      const chain = new Keychain(datastore2, options)
+      expect(chain).to.exist()
+    })
+
     describe('key name', () => {
       it('is a valid filename and non-ASCII', () => {
         ks.removeKey('../../nasty', (err) => {