Re: Communication with card reader encrypted?

2018-08-26 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 26/08/18 11:12, Felix E. Klee wrote: >> I think you'll need to trust the cable anyway, > > Well, if the cable is soldered to the reader, then it’s much harder > to tamper with. Swapping a replaceable cable requires much less > effort. I meant: even if the communication were encrypted and

Re: Communication with card reader encrypted?

2018-08-26 Thread Felix E. Klee
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > The OpenPGP smartcard and generic smartcard protocols do define > "Secure Messaging", but I don't think this is commonly used for cabled > OpenPGP smartcards. Would be interesting to find out. > I think you'll need to trust the cable

Re: Communication with card reader encrypted?

2018-08-26 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 25/08/18 21:25, Felix E. Klee wrote: > When I decrypt a file using an OpenPGP card, is the communication > between a USB card reader and the GnuPG daemon encrypted? The OpenPGP smartcard and generic smartcard protocols do define "Secure Messaging", but I don't think this is commonly used for

Re: Communication with card reader encrypted?

2018-08-26 Thread Felix E. Klee
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 12:31 AM, Dirk Gottschalk wrote: > This is a really interesting question. But, does this really matter > got an USB device? If there is a program on your computer, which > interceps the communication, the security of you system is already > broken. I am more thinking