Is it possible to have the same authentication key on several smartcard ?

[tux.tsndcb at free.fr]

Hi Werner,

Many thanks for your answer, I will try it.

Best Regard

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De: "Werner Koch" <wk at gnupg.org>
À: "tux tsndcb" <tux.tsndcb at free.fr>
Cc: gnupg-users at gnupg.org
Envoyé: Mercredi 23 Septembre 2009 13h36:49 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne
Objet: Re: Is it possible to have the same authentication key on several smartcard ?

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:46, tux.tsndcb at free.fr said:

> Is it possible to have the same authentication key on several smartcard ? 

Yes.  You need to generate the key off-card and and then put it onto the
card.  Use gpg --edit-key and the subcommands genkey and keytocard for
this.

> Is it possible to done an authentication key backup when it has been generated directly on a smartcard ?

No.  An on-card generated key can't be extracted from the card (except
for the public part of course).


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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