Traveling without a secret key

[vedaal at nym.hush.com]

On 7/8/2020 at 3:49 PM, "Juergen Bruckner via Gnupg-users" <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:

>Basically, it has to be said that you should definitely have a 
>backup of your key. And you have to be very careful with your SC or tokens.
>In principle it is almost the same as losing your credit card or
>passport etc. while traveling; you have to provide alternatives 
>(e.g.
>multiple smartcards).

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There is an alternative travel approach that works for me:

[1] No real keyring on my laptop, (just a dummy one to be able to use GnuPG 2.x on the laptop)

[2] Bootable 1 tb usb,(same size as ordinary usb drive), which has bootable ubuntu OS on it, 
with the keyrings in a Veracrypt container after Ubuntu loads.
(Ubuntu allows for the entire bootable drive to be encrypted, doesn't need yubi, or other programs. 
It can make the usb drive bootable using ubuntu OS installation options).

Laptop can be used for everything not requiring a secret key.

In event that a secret key needs to be used, (decrypt, sign, authenticate, etc), the laptop can be booted from the usb drive.

Also, have a backup of the keyring in a Veracrypt container that easily fits on an microSD card on any android phone with microSD slots.


vedaal