Re: dedicated live CD for PGP master key management
On 25 April 2016 14:55:07 CEST, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>Daniel Pocock writes ("dedicated live CD for PGP master key
>management"):
>> Some specific things that the live image could do:
>> - verifying there is no network connection, no DHCP daemon,
>> automatically shutting down if a network connection becomes active
>> - formatting 2 or 3 flash drives in a mirrored configuration (md or
>> Btrfs) to mount at ~/.gnupg
>> - formatting another flash drive for distributing the public key
>> - preparing smart cards
>> - key renewal
>> - storing and printing revocation certificate
>> - asking users for their user ID in a GUI and doing all the necessary
>> gnupg commands for them
>> - logging all the gnupg commands for advanced users to inspect
>
>These sound like very cool ideas.
>
>Ian.
>
>Oh, were you looking for help rather than merely encouragement ? :-)
I had already made up some live CDs for ready-to-run VoIP and remote hands purposes, so I can probably do some of what is required, but it seems like a good idea to avoid duplicating any other efforts in this area too.
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