Hello Niels On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:10:56 +0100 Niels Laukens <ni...@dest-unreach.be> wrote:
> Which brings me to my main question: I'm thinking of buying this > smartcard: OpenPGP SmartCard V2 > https://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=42 > together with this reader: SCM SPR-332 > https://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=61 > And would like to get this to work on my MacBook Pro with 10.6.8 (snow > leopard). I'm not afraid to compile from applications from source, but > would prefer not to mess with kernel modules. > > How likely is it that this is going to work? The card seems to be > supported by GnuPG, even for 4096RSA keys (which I plan to use). On the card’s page it says: Schlüssellänge jetzt bis zu 3072 Bits What makes you think it works with 4096-bit keys? > But I'm not sure about the card reader. > > So to guard this topic: I'm also interested in the > security-considerations of my intentions, but my main question is: > what are the experiences with the mentioned card & cardreader? I bought this reader as well after I could not get the pinpad of "Gemalto PC Pinpad USB Reader" (http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=122) to work with GnuPG. It works just fine and (almost) out of the box, at least on Debian Linux. Best regards Hendrik
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