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Updated Security Tokens (markdown)

Dominik Schürmann 2018-10-04 02:29:06 +02:00
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Roughly every third key generation on card fails with all tested smart cards and YubiKey NEO. For more details see our [research paper](https://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/papers/schuermann-imwut2017.pdf). OpenKeychain currently generates keys on the smartphones and then moves them to the card. Roughly every third key generation on card fails with all tested smart cards and YubiKey NEO. For more details see our [research paper](https://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/papers/schuermann-imwut2017.pdf). OpenKeychain currently generates keys on the smartphones and then moves them to the card.
## Are external USB Smartcard Reader supported? ## Are external USB Smartcard Reader supported?
Not officially. However, you can turn on "Allow untested USB Devices", under experimental settings and try your reader. It must have a CCID interface and you should insert the OpenPGP card before plugging in the reader. We found that Nexus 5X reboots, but Nexus 6P works. Readers on [this page](https://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid/supported.html) will work with higher probability but we cannot provide any recommendations, we still recommend one of the supported security tokens from the table above. Some discussions about this is in [#1912](https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain/issues/1912) Not officially. However, you can turn on "Allow untested USB Devices", under experimental settings and try your reader.
* It must have a CCID interface and you should insert the OpenPGP card before plugging in the reader.
* We found that Nexus 5X reboots, but Nexus 6P works.
* Readers on [this page](https://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid/supported.html) will work with higher probability but we cannot provide any recommendations.
* Some discussions about this is in [#1912](https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain/issues/1912)
* One user reported that it works fine with "ACS ACR39U-NF PocketMate II Smart Card Reader (USB Type-C)"
## No OpenPGP support ## No OpenPGP support
These security tokens do not support OpenPGP: These security tokens do not support OpenPGP: