On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Crypto Stick wrote: > Recently the German Privacy Foundation released the open source Crypto > Stick! > > The GPF Crypto Stick is a USB stick in a small form factor containing an > integrated OpenPGP smart card to allow easy and high-secure encryption > e.g. of e-mail or for authentication in network environments. As opposed > to ordinary software solutions, private keys are always inside the > Crypto Stick so that their exposure is impossible. All cryptographic > operations (precisely: decryption and signature because of public key > cryptography) are executed on the PIN-protected Crypto Stick. In case > the Crypto Stick was stolen, got lost, or is used on a > virus-contaminated computer (e.g. Trojan horse) no attacker is able to > access the private keys so that all encrypted data stays secure.
Looks very interesting. I'm curious how this differs from the SIM-sized card in a SIM-sized USB reader? For example, the regular 2.0 OpenPGP card in a SCR3320 USB stick reader (http://www.scmmicro.com/security/view_product_en.php?PID=6). David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
