Broken / lost smartcard

[Stefan Claas]

Andreas K. Huettel via Gnupg-users wrote:

> [changing the subject since this is quite a different topic]
> 
> > What I would like to know how people handle the case when a SmardCard gets
> > lost, broken or maybe confiscicated at an Airport etc.?
> 
> Well, that's the argument for having at least primary/cert key and encryption 
> subkey not *only* on the smartcard but also in a safe place somewhere.
> 
> For a signature subkey it doesnt matter then if you lose it (just make a new 
> one), and for an authentication subkey you need to prepare to have some 
> alternative means of access (or also a backup).
> 

Yes, I only asked because it sounded like you don't have a back-up, after
creating the key-pair.

Regards
Stefan

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