Re: USB tokens instead of smartcards

2005-11-14 Thread Joe Smith
"Christoph Anton Mitterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi. When I use an USB token instead of a "normal" smartcard reader do I still need special software (e.g. pcscd and so on) or is gnupg enough. You still need to use special software. A cyrpto token is just

Re: USB tokens instead of smartcards

2005-11-12 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hi. When I use an USB token instead of a "normal" smartcard reader do I still need special software (e.g. pcscd and so on) or is gnupg enough. Best wishes, Chris. begin:vcard fn:Mitterer, Christoph Anton n:Mitterer;Christoph Anton org:Munich University of Applied Sciences;Department of Mathema

Re: USB tokens instead of smartcards

2005-11-10 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:55:29 +0100, Philipp Kern said: > Yeah, I got that fact. So to clarify: A USB token with a supported > smartcard in it. You may try to cut an OpenPGP card to ID-000 size. Shalom-Salam, Werner ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: USB tokens instead of smartcards

2005-11-09 Thread Ryan Malayter
On 11/9/05, Philipp Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I got that fact. So to clarify: A USB token with a supported > smartcard in it. I don't know if they are supported by GnuPG, but we have several of the Aladdin eToken devices bundled by PGP Corp. with PGP Desktop v9. They work fairly well

Re: USB tokens instead of smartcards

2005-11-09 Thread Philipp Kern
On Nov 9, 2005, at 22:49, Alaric Dailey wrote: USB tokens are a smartcard and reader in one, nothing more. Yeah, I got that fact. So to clarify: A USB token with a supported smartcard in it. Kind regards, Philipp Kern ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

USB tokens instead of smartcards

2005-11-09 Thread Philipp Kern
Hi there, do you recommend any USB token for use with GnuPG? I currently consider to buy an OpenPGP smartcard but the thought to have a tiny USB token instead of a big smartcard reader is appealing to me, especially because they might share the same protocol. But I think the question is m