On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:45:10 +0200 (MEST), saschainlondon said: > Isn't it possible to create the public key again with the card? > (Assume I didn't send the public key to anywhere/anyone and have only my > smartcard!)
No. For example my key is a bit larger than 64k and that is far too much to save on a smartcard. IT is named public key for a reasons; it should be on some public or semi-public space - without that it is useless. > If it isn't possible a short note should be added to the documentation to > remind everyone to backup the public key immediately after creation. It is not about a backup. However we should clarify that the card only holds the secret key and that it is not possible to re-generate the public key (with user ids etc.) from it. Salam-Shalom, Werner _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
