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Originally Posted by nicolasmart
I don't really understand why NiLuJe's KindleTool even has the option to sign with pubprodkey02.pem when obviously it doesn't work
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Kindletool does not have an option to "sign with pubprodkey02.pem".
It has an option to sign with any
private key that you want.
It is there in case you don't trust the security of using a private key that everyone else on this forum uses. There are security risks associated with this, that are minr, but real.
Using the private key of anyone else lets a friend who borrowed your kindle install a package, that potentially lets them email a list of every book you read in the future ( maybe you don't want them to know you read 50 shades of gray ).
What kindletool allows is for you to pick
your own public-private keypar ( you have to know how to make this ), and sign your packages with the private key. Then you put your public key onto the kindle as the file pubdevkey00.pem
Here it is direct from he help output of kindletool.
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Options:
All the following options are optional and advanced.
-k, --key <file> PEM file containing RSA private key to sign update. Default is popular jailbreak key.