Re: [Tails-dev] Feature #8957 Add paperkey (and more printer…

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Autor: BitingBird
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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-dev] Feature #8957 Add paperkey (and more printer drivers)
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> BitingBird is working on improving the OpenPGP documentation (see #5316)
> so paperkey could be mentioned there. If we feel like getting into more
> details and writing a full page about it, then it should probably be
> moved to "Advanced topics".


I don't think a dedicated page is needed.
>
> But before being able to decide on this we need to brainstorm on what
> would be in that documentation. We usually limit ourselves to explaining
> what the software does, pointing to upstream documentation, and
> explaining the specificities of that software in Tails.
>
> In the case of paperkey, what is worth being mentioned?
>
> As a first remark, the manpage is not clear about the fact that the
> backup of the "secret information" still includes the protecting by its
> passphrase. Maybe that should be fixed upstream actually.
>

I can mention it. I'll just link to
http://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/ that is short but complete.

And yes, the upstream page does spedify the encrypted (or not) key, so I
don't think we should re-write its doc.

Cheers,

BitingBird