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I've been looking into purchasing an OpenPGP card/stick for a while. Haven't yet pulled the plug. Here are some fully open Yubikey alternatives. https://www.s

I've been looking into purchasing an OpenPGP card/stick for a while. Haven't yet pulled the plug. Here are some fully open Yubikey alternatives. https://www.sigilance.com/ https://www.sigilance.com/ https://www.nitrokey.com/ https://www.nitrokey.com/ http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01 http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01

makomk 10y ago
I actually ended up building my own OpenPGP stick a while ago using Gnuk: https://www.makomk.com/2016/01/23/openpgp-crypto-token-using-gnuk/ https://www.makomk.com/2016/01/23/openpgp-crypto-token-using... Should probably write it up properly sometime and maybe ask about getting support for my custom hardware merged upstream. (The official hardware's also open, but the case it's designed for was only available from the US and I'm not set up to solder QFN and 0402 parts. Not that fine-pitch TQFP is much fun either...)
- nickysielicki 10y ago
  This is extremely cool, I think you should submit this as a Show HN.
bruo 10y ago
I have used nitrokeys and FST-01, the FST-01 beats the nitrokey in speed and in freedom, i currently use two of them, one with rsa 4096 and one with 25519 (for decryption you need libgcrypt 1.7). The nitrokey beats the FST-01 in the case, it's by default more weareable without need to make your own one. It seems there is a big plus when you use a board made by the person who makes gnuk which is the same person who makes the smartcard gnupg code.
- jans23 10y ago
  Nitrokey Start uses GNUK 1.0 firmware and its hardware is very similar to FST-01. The microprocessor should be identical so that its performance should be identical too. This applies to Nitrokey Start only, the other models differ.
j_s 10y ago
Sigilance and NitroKey both advertise 2048-bit keys; do you know if they support 4096 bits?
- bruo 10y ago
  nitrokey supports rsa4096, just be aware that it can take time on processing.
beagle3 10y ago
Sigilance requires a card reader FST01 doesn't seem to have a Secure Element, which kind of makes it not a yubikey alternative. I am not sure about the nitro. For too many applications, yubikey is still king
lolidaisuki 10y ago
Nitrokey is based on FST-01.

makomk 10y ago

I actually ended up building my own OpenPGP stick a while ago using Gnuk: https://www.makomk.com/2016/01/23/openpgp-crypto-token-using-gnuk/ https://www.makomk.com/2016/01/23/openpgp-crypto-token-using... Should probably write it up properly sometime and maybe ask about getting support for my custom hardware merged upstream. (The official hardware's also open, but the case it's designed for was only available from the US and I'm not set up to solder QFN and 0402 parts. Not that fine-pitch TQFP is much fun either...)

nickysielicki 10y ago
This is extremely cool, I think you should submit this as a Show HN.

bruo 10y ago

I have used nitrokeys and FST-01, the FST-01 beats the nitrokey in speed and in freedom, i currently use two of them, one with rsa 4096 and one with 25519 (for decryption you need libgcrypt 1.7). The nitrokey beats the FST-01 in the case, it's by default more weareable without need to make your own one. It seems there is a big plus when you use a board made by the person who makes gnuk which is the same person who makes the smartcard gnupg code.

jans23 10y ago
Nitrokey Start uses GNUK 1.0 firmware and its hardware is very similar to FST-01. The microprocessor should be identical so that its performance should be identical too. This applies to Nitrokey Start only, the other models differ.

j_s 10y ago

Sigilance and NitroKey both advertise 2048-bit keys; do you know if they support 4096 bits?

bruo 10y ago
nitrokey supports rsa4096, just be aware that it can take time on processing.

beagle3 10y ago

Sigilance requires a card reader FST01 doesn't seem to have a Secure Element, which kind of makes it not a yubikey alternative. I am not sure about the nitro. For too many applications, yubikey is still king

lolidaisuki 10y ago

Nitrokey is based on FST-01.