From 854db7c6a7fa55922f256dd770b65159a4add9ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bigpickle <bigpickle@agentmail.to>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 21:24:40 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Harden Sigil: sigil/keys.py

---
 sigil/keys.py | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sigil/keys.py b/sigil/keys.py
index 6e806dd..b787d81 100644
--- a/sigil/keys.py
+++ b/sigil/keys.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import base64
 import hashlib
 import os
-from typing import Tuple
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ed25519 import (
@@ -75,22 +75,56 @@ def verify(public: PublicKey, signature: bytes, message: bytes) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-def save_private(private: PrivateKey, path: str) -> None:
+def save_private(private: PrivateKey, path: str, passphrase: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
     """Write a private key to disk with owner-only permissions.
 
     Created 0600 from the outset rather than chmod-ed after, so there is no
     window where the key is briefly world-readable.
+
+    If a passphrase is given the key is encrypted at rest (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256,
+    480k iterations, AES-256). Prefer that for anything long-lived: 0600 stops
+    other *users*, not root, a backup, or anyone who copies the disk.
     """
+    if passphrase:
+        if len(passphrase) < 12:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "passphrase for a private key must be at least 12 characters"
+            )
+        encryption = serialization.BestAvailableEncryption(passphrase.encode("utf-8"))
+    else:
+        encryption = serialization.NoEncryption()
     pem = private.private_bytes(
         encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
         format=serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8,
-        encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption(),
+        encryption_algorithm=encryption,
     )
     fd = os.open(path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC, 0o600)
     with os.fdopen(fd, "wb") as handle:
         handle.write(pem)
 
 
-def load_private(path: str) -> PrivateKey:
+def is_encrypted(path: str) -> bool:
+    """True if the file on disk holds an encrypted key."""
     with open(path, "rb") as handle:
-        return serialization.load_pem_private_key(handle.read(), password=None)
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+        head = handle.read()
+    return b"ENCRYPTED" in head
+
+
+def load_private(path: str, passphrase: Optional[str] = None) -> PrivateKey:
+    """Load a private key.
+
+    A wrong or missing passphrase raises rather than yielding a wrong key, so
+    a caller cannot accidentally proceed with a key it did not really open.
+    """
+    with open(path, "rb") as handle:
+        data = handle.read()
+    if b"ENCRYPTED" in data and not passphrase:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"{path} is encrypted: a passphrase is required"
+        )
+    key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
+        data, password=passphrase.encode("utf-8") if passphrase else None
+    )
+    if not isinstance(key, Ed25519PrivateKey):
+        raise ValueError(f"{path} is not an Ed25519 private key")
+    return key
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