Smart cards

[Alessandro Vesely]

Thank you for your answers.

On Tue 11/Dec/2018 19:27:28 +0100 Arthur Ulfeldt wrote:

> using openkeychain with a yubikey nfc is totally solid, and convenient. I've
> been using them for years. they also plug into the bottom of the phones which
> some people prefer.


I dislike yubikey because of the form factor.  While USB seems convenient
because every PC has lots of slots, USB keys are easily lost.  In addition, you
cannot print the owner name on them.

Fidesmo looks better, except for its depending on the Fidesmo Card App Store.


Isn't it possible to "burn" a blank card, somehow?

Best
Ale
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> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 10:14 AM Damien Goutte-Gattat via Gnupg-users
> <gnupg-users at gnupg.org <mailto:gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:35:57PM +0100, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
>     > Is it possible to get OpenPGP functionality on one of those
>     > contactless cards?
> 
>     I know of at least one NFC-enabled OpenPGP card, the "Fidesmo
>     Card" [1].
> 
>     I never tested it, but from what I remember when I delved into
>     their site, the OpenPGP feature of that card is provided by the
>     same JavaCard applet than the one used in the Yubikey NEO. Which
>     means, among other things, that it does not implement version 3 of
>     the OpenPGP Card specification (so, no ECC keys), and does not
>     support RSA keys larger than 2048 bits.
> 
>     Another provider of NFC-enabled OpenPGP cards was Sigilance [2],
>     but they have since ceased all operations. Their cards were also
>     based on the same JavaCard applet, with the same limitations.
> 
>     I am not aware of an available implementation of the OpenPGP Card
>     v3, with support for ECC keys and RSA 4096-bit, on a NFC-enabled
>     support.
> 
> 
>     - Damien
> 
>     [1] http://shop.fidesmo.com/product/fidesmo-card
>     [2] https://www.sigilance.com/ (warning: expired certificate)