mausoleum 0.2.2

A Python wrapper and GUI application for Tomb

Mausoleum consists of a command line application and GUI application wrapped around Tomb (the Crypto Undertaker). Both applications were created with the intention of making it easier for users to interact with Tomb.

Installation

As Mausoleum is purely a wrapper for Tomb, it requires Tomb to be installed locally. For Tomb installation details, please see: https://www.dyne.org/software/tomb/. The Mausoleum GUI application requires PyQt5 to be installed locally. For PyQt5 installation instructions, please visit: https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5.

With your environment set, the following command may be used to install Mausoleum:

$  pip install mausoleum

If you would rather install from source, run:

$  git clone https://github.com/mandeep/Mausoleum.git
$  cd Mausoleum
$  python setup.py install

GUI Application

To run the GUI application, simply run the following command in a terminal:

$  mausoleum-gui

The command will open a new window that includes tabs that group Tomb functions into separate tabs. The ‘Create’ tab receives information needed to create a new tomb container, the ‘Open’ tab allows the user to fill in information regarding the opening of an existing tomb container, and the ‘Close’ tab lets the user close opened tombs.

Command Line Application

With Mausoleum installed, the command line application can be invoked with the following commands and arguments:

usage: mausoleum [options] command [arguments]

commands:
    construct               Dig, forge, and lock a new tomb container
    enter                   Open an existing tomb container

positional arguments:
    name                    Name of the new or existing tomb container
    size                    The size in megabytes for the new tomb container
    key                     Name of the new or existing tomb key file

optional arguments:
    --open                  Used when wanting to open a tomb after creation

Example of creating a new tomb container and opening it thereafter:

$  mausoleum construct --open secret.tomb 100
Password:
Confirm password:

Example of opening an existing tomb:

$  mausoleum enter secret.tomb
Password:

Wrapper

Mausoleum may be imported as a module as seen in the following example:

import mausoleum.wrapper


def batch_create_tombs(names, size, password):
    """Take a list of names and batch create tomb containers."""

    for name in names:
        key = '{}.key' .format(name)
        mausoleum.wrapper.dig_tomb(name, size)
        mausoleum.wrapper.forge_tomb(key, password)
        mausoleum.wrapper.lock_tomb(name, key, password)