Yubikeys are now supported

Paul Wouters paul at xelerance.com
Fri Oct 8 22:26:59 UTC 2010


On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Jesse Keating wrote:

>> Note that yubikeys are not (yet) usable for this. You cannot request the
>> AES key from it (AFAIK), only an OTP. And the OTP can also not be used to unlock
>> an AES key on the harddisk because it is different for each activation.
>
> Can't you use one of the slots on newer yubikeys for a static (long)
> passphrase?

That could be. I have not used the Yubikey 2 yet. The manual mentions something
on page 16 of http://www.yubico.com/files/YubiKey_manual-2.0.pdf but it is
confusing to me as it talks about a static password updating the OTP.

Paul


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