OpenPGP Card "CHV* failed: general error"

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed Aug 10 14:17:41 CEST 2011


On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:39, gnupg at lists.grepular.com said:

> Damn. I didn't run any automated tests... What other operations can only
> be performed a limited number of times with one of these cards? If I
> were to PGP sign or decrypt 10,000 emails would that eventually kill the
> card too?

Should not because those operations are all run in RAM.  Maybe except
for signing which bumps the signature counter.  To be sure, let me ask
the vendor...


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner


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