hex-encode keys

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/key/generate.go b/key/generate.go
index 01ae33e..32055aa 100644
--- a/key/generate.go
+++ b/key/generate.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package key
 
 import (
 	crypto_rand "crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/box"
 	"os"
@@ -38,10 +39,14 @@ func Generate() error {
 	}
 
 	// Write keypair to files.
-	if _, err := pubFile.Write((*pubkey)[:]); err != nil {
+	buf := make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(*pubkey)))
+	hex.Encode(buf, (*pubkey)[:])
+	if _, err := pubFile.Write(buf); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if _, err := privFile.Write((*privkey)[:]); err != nil {
+	buf = make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(*privkey)))
+	hex.Encode(buf, (*privkey)[:])
+	if _, err := privFile.Write(buf); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}