Can't afford smart cards? [LWN.net]

Can't afford smart cards?

Posted Dec 4, 2003 19:46 UTC (Thu) by kbob (subscriber, #1770)
In reply to: ssh and security by scripter
Parent article: ssh and security

USB smart cards are available for about $40 US. If each developer bought his own, and if each developer could store all his keys on a single card, it would be affordable for the majority of developers. A sponsorship program could provide cards (yes, and postage) to those few who couldn't buy their own.

Then it's an engineering problem of building a web of trust based on smart card authentication.

K<bob>

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Can't afford smart cards?

Posted Dec 4, 2003 21:20 UTC (Thu) by dd9jn (subscriber, #4459) [Link]

BTW, we plan to sell the OpenPGP smartcard for about 15 Euro, so you merely need an USB reader (~35 EUR - it should be possible to negotiate discounts). The advantage is that the existing WoT can be used to bootstrap this and the card may also be used for signing and encryption. OpenSC already has experimental support using this card with ssh and gnupg 1.3.4 comes with the card key generation and encryption feature.

-Werner

Can't afford smart cards?

Posted Dec 5, 2003 19:25 UTC (Fri) by atsmyles (guest, #2777) [Link]

Where can I find more information about this product?