

Instruction how to use Nitrokey with GnuPG (command line). It is a command line tool but usually you don't need to invoke it directly. GnuPG is required in many use cases to initialize and use the Nitrokey. This includes a middleware to integrate Nitrokey with other PKCS#11 based applications and with Windows as well as applications to encrypt and sign PDFs and the hard disk. AloahaĪll applications of Aloaha are working with the Nitrokey. To install the driver, you may need to allow the installation of unsigned drivers first. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome web browser, Windows Login). Subsequently all applications which use this certificate storage can be used with Nitrokey (e.g. This Mini Driver allows to integrate Nitrokey with Window's certificate store.
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The recommended PKCS#11 driver is OpenSC.

These are general instructions how to use X.509 certificates. Instructions, how to create a valid X.509 certificate with Nitrokey ( 1, 2, 3). Currently it's limit to the authentication certificate and not widely tested yet.) (There is another promising project scd-pkcs11 in development which may overcome this limitation eventually. If you want to use Nitrokey with both GnuPG and PKCS#11, generate the keys with GnuPG.ĭon't use PKCS#11 in parallel with GnuPG because both may interfere and unexpected issues may result. Note that a Nitrokey initialized with OpenSC doesn't work with GnuPG/OpenPGP. If you want to use S/MIME email encryption with Thunderbird, to use TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt, certificate-based SSL authentication with Firefox, PuTTY/KiTTY, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, or any other PKCS#11 compatible software, you should install OpenSC. In general the official documentation is recommendable. Please note: The Fellowship smart card is similar to the Nitrokey Pro so that this instructions work Nitrokey as well.
