Smartcard Support, open system security, law,( certificate sig removed)

[Johan Wevers]

Erwan David wrote:

>If your private key is on the card and you loose the card, then you
>cannot issue a revocation, since you need the private key.

You can create a revocation certificate beforehand and store it somewhere
safe. If I recall correctly the pgp 2.3 manual suggeste you print it out on
paper and store it somewhere.

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