Re: cache-timeout not working with smartcard

2009-12-17 Thread marco+gnupg
tication or encryption key is needed? Then, entering the PIN would be required also every time for e.g. ssh authentication (if the force-sig flag is set on the card). This would basically provide the same functionality as 'card-timeout 1' (provided that it works) without the trouble of p

Re: cache-timeout not working with smartcard

2009-12-17 Thread marco+gnupg
he 'Signature PIN' setting doesn't have an effect (it works perfectly for signatures, though). My main concern is that the probability that the hijacking of the gpg-agent/ssh-agent is successful is much higher when the PIN is cached for a long time than it would be with short cache-ti

Re: cache-timeout not working with smartcard

2009-12-17 Thread marco+gnupg
er your box? In any case, what I was suggesting can easily be done by a script that regularly checks the gpg-agent log and resets the card if the last access is older than default/max-cache-ttl. So it doesn't need to be built into gpg-agent/scdaemon. Marco ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users