Yubikeys are now supported

Nathanael D. Noblet nathanael at gnat.ca
Fri Oct 8 20:46:54 UTC 2010


On 10/07/2010 10:58 PM, Paul Wouters wrote:
> One usage of yubikey I would like very much is as storage for the AES
> encryption key for disk encryption. I'd prefer the disk crypto key to
> not be on the disk at all, protected by just a passphrase. It would be
> nice to have it on a yubikey instead.

I just ordered a yubikey for this express purpose, we have a product 
under development that has an encrypted partition that gets decrypted by 
a key on a USB thumbdrive - not the best... When I saw these I 
immediately thought I should see about getting them used to unlock 
encrypted partitions!... I'll keep you informed.


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