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Ask HN: How do you store private keys?

6 points max_ | 3 comments | 16 May 25 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.968s | source

It seems there is no standard proper way to store private keys.

I have been using AGE [0]

And I really don't like the idea of having the keys stored in the home directory in plain text.

There is also a risk of losing the keys if my laptop is damaged or gets stolen.

Is there a proper tool for storing encryption keys?

1. dale_huevo ◴[16 May 25 17:36 UTC] No.44007983[source]▶
> And I really don't liek the idea of having the keys stored in the home directory in plain text.

so encrypt them.

or store them in a hardware token.

or on a USB stick (poor man's hardware token).

> There is also a risk of losing the keys if my laptop is damaged or gets stolen.

backups, full disk encryption.

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2. max_ ◴[16 May 25 17:38 UTC] No.44008002[source]▶
Hi,

Thanks for this reply. Could you recommend any good "hardware tokens"?

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3. dale_huevo ◴[16 May 25 17:42 UTC] No.44008033[source]▶
Nitrokey