SmartCard and Keypad

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Fri Feb 17 20:20:28 CET 2006


On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:20:46 +0100, Ralf Cordes said:

> is there a possibility to tell gpg to use the keypad of my Cardreader

Not yet.  I am working on it.  The basic code is there but the user
interface (pinentry) needs to be changes. 

> for the Card-PIN? In this way everything would even be more safe.

That depends on your threat model. The host may still use the card for
signing after you have entered the PIN for signing the first document.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner






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