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Purism Announces the "Librem Key"

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 25 2018, @09:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the another-thing-for-your-key-ring dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Librem Key is an OpenPGP smart card supporting up to 4096-bit RSA keys and 512-bit ECC keys. These keys are intended to be used as basic security token functions -- they will work with any laptop/PC but reportedly offer extra features when paired with Librem laptops or devices supporting the Heads security firmware.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Purism-Librem-Key

In addition to the standard features of a security token (GPG key storage and multi-factor authentication) that the Librem Key can perform on any computer, here are some of the interesting integration options with our Librem laptops we are already looking into with the Librem Key that will make security much more convenient for users who are facing average threats:

  • Insert the Librem Key at boot and automatically decrypt your hard drive
  • Automatically lock your laptop whenever you remove the Librem Key
  • Use your Librem Key to log in

https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-the-librem-key/

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by stormwyrm on Tuesday September 25 2018, @10:49PM (1 child)

    by stormwyrm (717) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @10:49PM (#739913) Journal

    From the Purism link [puri.sm]:

    A few months ago we announced that we were partnering with Nitrokey to produce a new security token: the Librem Key and I’m pleased to announce that today the Librem Key is available for purchase on our site for $59.

    So I suppose it is a Nitrokey. It's said to be fully open hardware, with all design documents available, and all of the firmware is Free, with no binary blobs or anything like that. If you had the time and the resources you could make your own. Dunno if that's also true of Nitrokeys in general.

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  • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday September 26 2018, @02:28AM

    by jmorris (4844) on Wednesday September 26 2018, @02:28AM (#740009)

    Yup. Look at the Nitrokey link, it IS the same thing, Nitro's product even says it also unlocks a Purism laptop. Looks like they worked on it together and will both be selling it with different logos silk screened onto the case.

    And for all the Open Source happy talk, neither says what sort of hardware is in the device, nor do they link to a repo with the firrmware source. If you keep digging you can find the info on the original Nitrokey but nothing on the Nitrokey2 being discussed here. Assume they will eventually correct the oversight?