Re: Questions about the use with GnuPG and SmartCards

2005-10-20 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:24:04 +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer said: 1) Are there any security drawbacks when using smartcards compared with the normal store key on disc procedure? Depends on you needs. In general a smart card is better than a on-disk key. Some people claim that the 1024 bit

Re: Questions about the use with GnuPG and SmartCards

2005-10-20 Thread cdr
Use of smatrcards presents a sociological phenomenon, deserving further research: unexpectedly large number of computer security practitioners who don't trust closed source crypto on open hardware but apparently do trust closed source crypto on closed hardware. cdr

Re: Questions about the use with GnuPG and SmartCards

2005-10-20 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:45:21 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres said: Any pointer to a complete spec on what data's expected to be on the card and on a external medium? I have access to personalise a smartcard with any dedicated or elementary file needed and I'd like to give it a try.