Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0063: Allow a single primary/signing key for smartcards

2019-04-25 Thread Michał Górny
On Thu, 2019-04-25 at 07:32 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > The intent of the separate primary key is to reduce the risk of it > being compromised by keeping it offline. However, if it were > generated on a smartcard it would be exclusively be maintained > offline, so it is counterproductive to

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0063: Allow a single primary/signing key for smartcards

2019-04-25 Thread Mikle Kolyada
On 25.04.2019 14:32, Rich Freeman wrote: > [snip] > Patch follows: > > > diff --git a/glep-0063-v3.rst b/glep-0063-v3.rst > index 5895873..86e5fd9 100644 > --- a/glep-0063-v3.rst > +++ b/glep-0063-v3.rst > @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ OpenPGP key management policies for the Gentoo > Linux distribution. >

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0063: Allow a single primary/signing key for smartcards

2019-04-25 Thread Marek Szuba
On 2019-04-25 12:32, Rich Freeman wrote: > The OpenPGP smartcard standard, and the Nitrokey Pro smartcards that > are being distributed to Gentoo developers, do not support having a > separate primary/signing key for keys that are generated on the cards. > As a result they can only be used in