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authorFelix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>2015-02-10 19:30:09 +0800
committerFelix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>2015-02-10 19:30:09 +0800
commita3cd2187194b79cd8b14c4ec4f1abca91a0147e0 (patch)
treeb0974958a028932a51424c312e76df849a777f05 /eth/backend.go
parent0c7df37351ab85c577fe815d6d22f4627832b0c3 (diff)
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cmd/mist, cmd/ethereum: add CLI arguments for node key
Diffstat (limited to 'eth/backend.go')
-rw-r--r--eth/backend.go13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index f5ebc9033..e8555061d 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
package eth
import (
+ "crypto/ecdsa"
"fmt"
"strings"
"sync"
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ type Config struct {
// discovery node URLs.
BootNodes string
+ // This key is used to identify the node on the network.
+ // If nil, an ephemeral key is used.
+ NodeKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey
+
Shh bool
Dial bool
@@ -150,9 +155,11 @@ func New(config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
- netprv, err := crypto.GenerateKey()
- if err != nil {
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate server key: %v", err)
+ netprv := config.NodeKey
+ if netprv == nil {
+ if netprv, err = crypto.GenerateKey(); err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate server key: %v", err)
+ }
}
eth.net = &p2p.Server{
PrivateKey: netprv,