Protecting private key on USB flash drive: how to?

Faramir faramir.cl at gmail.com
Fri May 9 18:02:52 CEST 2008


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vedaal at hush.com escribió:
> Faramir faramir.cl at gmail.com 
> wrote on Fri May 9 14:21:41 CEST 2008 :
> 
>> I am going to carry gpg in my USB flash drive, 
> ... I will be carrying my private key with me 
> ... I'd like to know the suggested way to keep the key safe.

> here is what i do:
> 
> [1] make a true-crypt container just large enough to contain your 
> secret keyring (minimum container volume is 19 kb)
....
> [8] before mounting the container,
> rename it back to what it was, without the .exe extension

  OMG... 8 highly complex steps... surely that will defeat any attempt
to seize my private key... I was thinking something like encrypting my
private key with gpgshell, and making it self extracting... Or to
compress with winrar (password protected, and with "encrypt filenames"
activated... passware recovery kit doesn't even know what to do with
these files), or something like that...

> truecrypt can be run in Traveller mode without being installed on 
> your computer

  Unfortunately, I still need admin powers to run it, even in traveler
mode, and the computer where I would use it just give me user rights...

  Thanks vedaal, I will keep this advice in case I start using a laptop,
but for now I can't use this solution (due my lack of admin rights).
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