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+# Jwt keygen
+
+Creates a cryptographically random series of bytes to be used as a jwtkey
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+> go run github.com/ntbosscher/gobase/auth/httpauth/jwtgen
+2020/10/01 18:26:47 wrote cryptographically random bytes to ./.jwtkey
+```