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

[Elizabeth Ferdman]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 03:52:28PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
Hey Daniel,

cryptoshop.com has the Identive SPR532 for 69.62 Euros. (35 + 34.62 for
the shipping).


> Regards,
> 
> Daniel
> 
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