gpg + smartcard ?s
Kory T
talmage at zero.ad.jp
Thu Mar 10 06:51:14 CET 2005
When GPG 1.4 came out a few months ago I noticed smartcard support was
now officially included. For the last few months I've been hoping
good documentation would pop-up on the net to guide me through the
steps to use a smartcard with GPG. So far I haven't been able to find
much. I would appreciate it if I could get some help getting answers
for specific questions I have.
From what I understand GnuPG1.4 can access smartcard readers in two
ways. Through gpg built in drivers and through the PC/SC drivers. Is
there a list of what drivers are built into gpg? or a list of devices
that are officially supported by gnupg?
Is it possible to use generic smartcards and not just the OpenPGP card
from g10? For example, I want to try and use those 'usb token' size
smartcards on desktop computers and regular smartcards (pcmcia reader)
with laptops. If only the OpenPGP card is supported, what is so
special about the OpenPGP card? Can generic smartcards be programmed
to be the same as the OpenGPG card?
And the most important questions I have is, does the gpg smartcard
implementation support 2048~4096 bit keys? I've only found reference
to 1024 bit keys. 1024 bit is simply not enough for the paranoid like
myself.
Forgive me if some of these questions have been answered on the list,
I'm new to the list and did search through the list archives first ;).
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
KoryT
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