Hello,
On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:30 , Chris Boyle wrote:

> On 13 August 2011 20:09, Martin Paljak <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I don't have the card in a card format, but CryptoStick fails the test:
> 
> I too only have the CryptoStick, and haven't bought the card yet. I'm
> transitioning to card + pocket reader because
> 
> (1) my CryptoStick is failing (20%-50% of insertions, light goes on
> permanently and does not appear as a USB device),
On which platform? Does dmesg say something useful?


> (1a) in case of future failure, it's more likely to be the reader (not
> the card) that fails and I can change that without changing the key,
I agree, even though cards fail as well every now and then. In case of a SIM 
sized smart card
and the current CryptoStick plastic casing, I believe the same that it is more 
likely the token than a normal card.

I wish it was something like ironkey, which this far has not yet failed me.

> (2) I want secure PIN entry.
>From GnuPG? I don't have a card either to try it out, but I suspect it might 
>be problematic - the preferred access method inside GnuPG seems to be the 
>internal CCID method, which might not work with/for all readers out there, 
>many of them require reader-specific workarounds.

GPG related question: do you use gpg or gpg2 with CryptoStick? I just set up 4k 
keys but on Linux only gpg can be used to decrypt (gpg2 does not find the key) 
and on OS X nothing works for decrypting, only signing...

Best,
-- 
@MartinPaljak.net
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