Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Lars Noodén via Gnupg-users
On 5/5/22 01:11, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote: > Lars Noodén via Gnupg-users wrote: >> A removable hard drive might be an option, if the storage time >> is less than a decade and there are decent storage conditions >> in regards to chemicals, temperature, humidity, and so on. Flash >> memory seems to lo

Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Matthias Apitz
I think, paper tapes as in the years 70 would be the best media for this approach. matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ g...@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-176-38902045 Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub Peace instead of NATO! Мир вместо НАТО! Frieden statt NATO! ¡Paz en vez

Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Matthias Apitz wrote: > I think, paper tapes as in the years 70 would be the best media for this > approach. Paper tape had a high error rate (& tear rate). It chaffed & built dirt on reader, & absorbed finger grease & misread whether optical or capacitive readers. Mylar (plastic) was better, str

Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Matt Borja
So I guess all that leaves us with at this point is laser welded inscriptions onto a block of metal, installed backwards as the cornerstone of the next monument being preserved by a historic society. It’ll be the next iteration of 3D printing: MIaaB (Metal Inscriptions as a Backup). Whole buildin

Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users
Lars Noodén via Gnupg-users wrote: On 5/5/22 01:11, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote: > Lars Noodén via Gnupg-users wrote: >> A removable hard drive might be an option, if the storage time >> is less than a decade and there are decent storage conditions >> in regards to chemicals, temperature, humidity, and

Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Matt Borja
The EEPROM notes are intriguing to me, and if that's an option you're considering, I went ahead and tossed up some old code onto a gist if you're interested. It's a crude example of storing PGP private key in flash (vs. SRAM) using a little PROGMEM hack for the Arduino Uno: https://u25119845.ct.se

Re: Backing up your PGP key by hand

2022-05-05 Thread Matt Borja
Sorry for the lame tracking links; that's apparently a setting automatically enabled by SendGrid which I'm using to send out on my custom email domain. Hopefully they're disabled now and below are showing the original URLs as I had pasted them, else I give up, lol. Demo: - https://gist.git