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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    On-card key generation (was: Rotating encryption keys)
From:       Peter Lebbing <peter () digitalbrains ! com>
Date:       2016-01-21 13:42:03
Message-ID: 56A0E02B.80102 () digitalbrains ! com
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On 21/01/16 13:34, Lachlan Gunn wrote:
> You can generate the key on-chip so that it is unable to ever leave the
> smartcard, which is obviously desirable from a security point of view.

I think I prefer off-card generation, with GnuPG's random number generator,
rather than some low-power, proprietary hardware random number generator on a
smartcard.

Peter.

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You can send me encrypted mail if you want some privacy.
My key is available at <http://digitalbrains.com/2012/openpgp-key-peter>

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