Re: wanted: educate us please on key dongles

[Víctor Cuadrado Juan <me@viccuad.me>]

On 02/08/17 22:16, Adam Borowski wrote:
> Hi!
> Continuing from IRC:
> It would be nice if someone knowledgeable could educate the rest of us about
> physical key dongles -- a number of DDs/DMs/contributors still keep their
> secret keys on a regular disk, and could use a primer.  Me included.  I do
> have a backup key with plenty of sigs that's stored securely, but my regular
> key is on the same physical machine I test random software on.
> 
> There are docs available on the interwebs, but:
> 21:22 < lamby> The concept of following random docs/commands on the web in
>                order to get a "super secure" key makes me smie :)
>...
> Thus: can I has "key dongles for dummies", plz?

In the direction of random commands on the web, I have done a blogpost detailing
a master key + subkeys on a Yubikey Neo some time ago, still relevant:

http://viccuad.me/blog/Revisited-secure-yourself-part-1-airgapped-computer-and-gpg-smartcards



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