On 20/01/2018 16.05, Sean Murphy wrote:> However, > if I lose the yubikey and the subkeys residing on the yubikey, > then I lose access to all my passwords.
I might be misunderstanding what you're saying, but a common way to use GPG subkeys is: * You keep the master key (non-subkey) is a safe offline place so that you can make more subkeys from it in the future * You keep the subkeys ALSO backed up in that safe offline place so that you can put them on a new device like the Yubikey in case you lose it So in the event that you lose your Yubikey, you just buy a new Yubikey, retrieve the subkeys from your safe offline place and `keytocard` them to the new Yubikey. That way you can also put the same subkeys on 2 Yubikeys, so that you have a working backup key already prepared if you desire. Niklas _______________________________________________ Password-Store mailing list [email protected] https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store
