On 21/01/16 13:34, Lachlan Gunn wrote: > You can generate the key on-chip so that it is unable to ever leave the > smartcard, which is obviously desirable from a security point of view.
I think I prefer off-card generation, with GnuPG's random number generator, rather than some low-power, proprietary hardware random number generator on a smartcard. Peter. -- I use the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) in combination with Enigmail. You can send me encrypted mail if you want some privacy. My key is available at <http://digitalbrains.com/2012/openpgp-key-peter> _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users