On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 07:42, Grant Olson <k...@grant-olson.net> wrote:
> On 5/10/2011 1:35 AM, Jerome Baum wrote: > > AFAIK, the CAs over here will just supply a card. There is no question > > of whether the key is generated on-card or not -- the CA confirms this > > implicitly with their certification of "this is a valid signing key per > > applicable signature laws". > > > > Okay, yeah, if the CA sets up the card, authenticates it with their > signing key, and ships it to you, then there would never be a separate > master key, no problem there. I get the feeling the card won't like it > if you try to create a software signing key, but I'm not sure how that > will work. I do have a spare card here if you want me to test this. > I see no possibility, from a theoretical perspective, of signing only on-card keys (per signature laws) from a distance -- apart from some other secret stored on the card. In either case, the CA needs to initialize the card itself. -- Jerome Baum tel +49-1578-8434336 email jer...@jeromebaum.com -- PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6 20EE 85BA E45B 63E4 2BD8 C58C 753A PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA
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