2019-06-26 14:26:08

by Jonathan Corbet

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Subject: Re: On Nitrokey Pro's ECC support

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:11:46 +0300
Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was getting myself a smartcard stick and looked for options from [1].
> The documentation says that Nitrokey Pro does not support ECC while it
> actually does [2]. I was already canceling my order when Jan Suhr, the
> CEO of that company, kindly pointed out to me this.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.html
> [2] https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitrokey-pro-2-3

Maybe Konstantin (copied) might be willing to supply an update to the
document to reflect this?

Thanks,

jon


2019-06-26 15:22:17

by Konstantin Ryabitsev

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Subject: Re: On Nitrokey Pro's ECC support

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 08:25:41AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:11:46 +0300
>Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I was getting myself a smartcard stick and looked for options from [1].
>> The documentation says that Nitrokey Pro does not support ECC while it
>> actually does [2]. I was already canceling my order when Jan Suhr, the
>> CEO of that company, kindly pointed out to me this.
>>
>> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.html
>> [2] https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitrokey-pro-2-3
>
>Maybe Konstantin (copied) might be willing to supply an update to the
>document to reflect this?

Hello:

I just sent a patch with updates that reflect ECC capabilities in newer
devices.

Best,
-K

2019-06-26 15:28:40

by Jonathan Corbet

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Subject: Re: On Nitrokey Pro's ECC support

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:21:38 -0400
Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]> wrote:

> >Maybe Konstantin (copied) might be willing to supply an update to the
> >document to reflect this?
>
> Hello:
>
> I just sent a patch with updates that reflect ECC capabilities in newer
> devices.

Hey, man, that took you just under an hour to get done. We can't all just
wait around while you twiddle your thumbs... :)

Seriously, though, thanks for doing this,

jon

2019-06-26 19:49:36

by Jarkko Sakkinen

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Subject: Re: On Nitrokey Pro's ECC support

On 2019-06-26 18:28, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:21:38 -0400
> Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >Maybe Konstantin (copied) might be willing to supply an update to the
>> >document to reflect this?
>>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I just sent a patch with updates that reflect ECC capabilities in
>> newer
>> devices.
>
> Hey, man, that took you just under an hour to get done. We can't all
> just
> wait around while you twiddle your thumbs... :)
>
> Seriously, though, thanks for doing this,
>
> jon

+1 :-)

/Jarkko