Securing multiple keys with one smart card
Bow
dev at nixonnet.org
Mon Jan 5 02:50:03 CET 2026
Hello GnuPG Users,
Is there a known way to encrypt multiple/all private keys in the
keyring with a single smart card?
Use case: I have separate keys for separate identities (e.g. personal
and professional) and I would like to secure these keys with a smart
card (actual ISO 7816 card, not a USB token) such that I can access the
private keys using the card and a PIN or PINs.
My goal is to have the ease of a card and shorter PIN, and the
security of needing two factors.
I will be installing the OpenPGP Card applet onto the card myself, so
modified versions are an option.
Using one card per identity is cost and convenience prohibitive.
Currently I am using GPG 2.4.8 with libcrypt 1.11.2 installed from the
Arch Linux repository.
Thank you for your time,
Bow
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