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| author | Murphy Laptop <murphy@murphyslantech.de> | 2020-03-02 21:18:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Murphy Laptop <murphy@murphyslantech.de> | 2020-03-02 21:18:56 +0100 |
| commit | db1d86cdd82bfffc6628f6538d3ac19d7aa73abe (patch) | |
| tree | 34fcc80f2a9e4028897814d1737e0b0fc0ffc9a5 | |
| parent | Bump Debian version, license year (diff) | |
| download | YubiKey-Guide-db1d86cdd82bfffc6628f6538d3ac19d7aa73abe.tar.gz | |
Added some additonal text describing alternatives that may be used
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@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ An entropy pool value greater than 2000 is sufficient. # Creating keys +## Using a temporary file system (Tmpfs) + Create a temporary directory which will be cleared on [reboot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs): ```console @@ -334,6 +336,19 @@ $ export GNUPGHOME=$(mktemp -d) $ cd $GNUPGHOME ``` +## Use the Storage Device as backup and reusable enviroment + +As you may want to keep a offline backup of your keys as well as a clean enviroment to be set up easily, you also might consider to keep your USB-Storage device including the keys in a save place. Therefore, just set your desired GNUPGHOME-Variable: + +```console +$ export GNUPGHOME=~/gnupg-workspace + +$ cd $GNUPGHOME +``` +**Remember** You must store the device in a secure place afterwards or destroy it physically (smash, burn, shred etc.) + +## Harden your setup + Create a hardened configuration in the temporary directory with the following options: ```console |