[Pki-clean-room-devel] spr332 vs spr532

[Daniel Pocock]

On 19/01/17 15:18, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 06:09:20AM -0800, Elizabeth Ferdman wrote:
>> I'm interning for the PGP Clean Room and am trying to get an
>> OpenPGP Card reader. Kernelconcepts is offering a SPR332 which is
>> the successor to the 532. According to this page, though,
>> 
>> https://wiki.gnupg.org/CardReader/PinpadInput
>> 
>> the 532 seems to be recommended but the 332 is not. I'm wondering
>> if there's a specific reason why it was left out and if I should
>> go for the 532 instead.
> 
> Is the pin pad a requirement (I've certainly never used a GPG
> smartcard with one, though I accept it's more secure overall)? It
> looks like a new USB SCM reader can be obtained for under $20 from
> the US and my understanding is these days they're reasonably well
> supported under Linux.
> 
> EG: http:/www.ebay.com/itm/161419009450

The PIN pad is not essential, I feel it may be useful for Liz to have
a couple of readers, maybe one with PIN pad and one without.

I have the 532 and it was quite easy to make it work but it is also
very bulky and not something I'm tempted to take with me to events.  I
also got a Reiner SCT "cyberjack secoder 2" a few years ago, it is
much smaller and has a display but unfortunately it is not the same
one that gnupg supports.

Regards,

Daniel