On 2014-02-13 15:45, Hauke Laging wrote:
How do you want to create a key on the card without an RNG?
What in fact happens is that the key is generated on the PC, and it is
both sent to the card using the same mechanism as 'keytocard' and backed
up to a file on the PC. This is because it is impossible to get the
private key out of the card, so if you generate the key on the card, you
can't keep a backup of it.
So the card doesn't generate the key at all, hence not needing an RNG.
HTH,
Peter.
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