Peter Palfrader wrote: > Nice idea. When trying to find decent backup methods for my > new Tor identity key I cam accross this thread. > > I played all day with ocr and friends. In the course I wrote > a small script that does what you suggest. I tried to keep > it small enough to print it along with whatever data you have > - I clearly failed there. > But other than that it works nicely. > > That didn't work out so well at first > - gocr had real trouble distinguishing zeroes and the > letter D like Delta.
Why not use a 2D barcode like a QR code? A QR code will hold most typical keys, is easy for machines to read, is small, and has redundancy features that allow it to work even if you hole-punch or black out part of the code. See http://www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/aboutqr-e.html - Brian _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
