Smartcard operation

2019-09-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 17/09/2019 18:59, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > I assume that in order to decrypt a message the secret key data must be > unlocked and loaded for a very short time into the computers RAM, in order > to perform the decryption, or am I wrong with my assumption? OpenPGP messages encrypted

Re: First smartcard operation always fails

2018-09-20 Thread Andrew Gallagher
On 04/09/18 11:01, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 04/09/18 10:17, Andrew Gallagher wrote: >> And I have just confirmed (by sending that mail) that both the first >> auth operation AND the first signing operation fail, separately. > > I have no idea, it's quite curious. As an added bread crumb to

Re: First smartcard operation always fails

2018-09-04 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 04/09/18 10:17, Andrew Gallagher wrote: > And I have just confirmed (by sending that mail) that both the first > auth operation AND the first signing operation fail, separately. I have no idea, it's quite curious. As an added bread crumb to follow: what do the PIN retry counters say after the

Re: First smartcard operation always fails

2018-09-04 Thread Andrew Gallagher
On 04/09/18 09:11, Andrew Gallagher wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've had a pgp smartcard v2.1 for years now (two, actually), and I've > noticed that no matter what operation I perform, the first attempt after > inserting the card, or waking from sleep with the card inserted, fails. And I have just

First smartcard operation always fails

2018-09-04 Thread Andrew Gallagher
Hi, all. I've had a pgp smartcard v2.1 for years now (two, actually), and I've noticed that no matter what operation I perform, the first attempt after inserting the card, or waking from sleep with the card inserted, fails. Example: ``` andrewg@fred:~$ ssh my.server sign_and_send_pubkey: