openpgp-card-tools 0.0.10

CLI tools for OpenPGP cards
openpgp-card-tools-0.0.10 is not a library.

OpenPGP card tools

This crate contains the opgpcard tool for inspecting, configuring and using OpenPGP cards.

Install

One easy way to install this crate is via the "cargo" tool.

The following build dependencies are needed for current Debian:

# apt install rustc cargo clang pkg-config nettle-dev libpcsclite-dev

And for current Fedora:

# dnf install rustc cargo clang nettle-devel pcsc-lite-devel

Afterwards, you can install this crate by running:

$ cargo install openpgp-card-tools

Finally, add $HOME/.cargo/bin to your PATH to be able to run the installed binaries.

opgpcard uses the PC/SC framework. So on Linux-based systems, you need to make sure the pcscd service is running, to be able to access your OpenPGP cards.

opgpcard

A tool to inspect, configure and use OpenPGP cards. All calls of this tool are usable in a non-interactive way (this tool is designed both for interactive use, and to be easily usable from shell-scripts).

Alternatively, PINs can be entered interactively on the host computer, or via a pinpad on the smartcard reader, if available.

List cards

List idents of all currently connected cards:

$ opgpcard list
Available OpenPGP cards:
 ABCD:01234567
 0007:87654321

Inspect cards

Print status information about the data on a card. The card is implicitly selected (if exactly one card is connected):

$ opgpcard status
OpenPGP card ABCD:01234567 (card version 2.0)

Cardholder: Alice Adams

Signature key
  fingerprint: 1FE2 E8F1 9FE8 7D0D 8AAF  5579 8CB7 58BA 502F 2458
  created: 2022-03-25 20:15:49
  algorithm: Ed25519 (EdDSA)

Decryption key
  fingerprint: 68CB 4EDD 4D49 90B8 2CEC  2D22 EF7E 5B6A 2012 694C
  created: 2022-03-25 20:15:49
  algorithm: Cv25519 (ECDH)

Authentication key
  fingerprint: 59A5 CD3E A88F 8707 D887  EAAE 1354 5F40 4E11 BE1C
  created: 2022-03-25 20:15:49
  algorithm: Ed25519 (EdDSA)

Retry counters: User PIN: 3, Admin PIN: 3, Resetting Code: 3
Signature counter: 3
Signature PIN only valid once: true

Explicitly print the status information for a specific card (this command syntax is needed, when more than one card is plugged in):

$ opgpcard status --card ABCD:01234567

Add -v for more verbose card status (this additionally outputs the raw public key data for each key slot):

$ opgpcard status -c ABCD:01234567 -v
OpenPGP card ABCD:01234567 (card version 2.0)

Cardholder: Alice Adams

Signature key
  fingerprint: 1FE2 E8F1 9FE8 7D0D 8AAF  5579 8CB7 58BA 502F 2458
  created: 2022-03-25 20:15:49
  algorithm: Ed25519 (EdDSA)
  public key material: ECC, data: 4C6364692AA4212AA95CF25FF31FD5F94CCAC173BFD77C918E443F09FAAFE3F5

Decryption key
  fingerprint: 68CB 4EDD 4D49 90B8 2CEC  2D22 EF7E 5B6A 2012 694C
  created: 2022-03-25 20:15:49
  algorithm: Cv25519 (ECDH)
  public key material: ECC, data: B99202743227D87D5F24639937DF75C936AC7933CE3328F5BF6AFA174A4A8745

Authentication key
  fingerprint: 59A5 CD3E A88F 8707 D887  EAAE 1354 5F40 4E11 BE1C
  created: 2022-03-25 20:15:49
  algorithm: Ed25519 (EdDSA)
  public key material: ECC, data: BFE1E5EB31032E0F4320E163082BEDBAD2A6318EC368375F7A65D22AC7AB7444

Retry counters: User PIN: 3, Admin PIN: 3, Resetting Code: 3
Signature counter: 3
Signature PIN only valid once: true

Get an OpenPGP public key representation from a card

This command returns an OpenPGP public key representation of the keys on a card.

To bind the decryption and authentication subkeys (if any) to the signing key, the user pin needs to be provided.

$ opgpcard pubkey
OpenPGP card ABCD:01234567
Enter User PIN:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Comment: F9C7 97CB 1AF2 1C68 AEEC  8D4D 1002 89F5 5EF6 B2D4
Comment: Alice Adams
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=es4l
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

You can query a specific card

$ opgpcard pubkey -c ABCD:01234567

And/or pass the User PIN as a file, for non-interactive use:

$ opgpcard pubkey -p <user-pin-file>

Caution: the exported public key material isn't always what you want

The result of exporting public key material from a card is only an approximation of the original public key, since some metadata is not available on OpenPGP cards. This missing metadata includes expiration dates.

Also, if your card only contains subkeys, but not the original primary key, then the exported certificate will use the signing subkey from the card as the primary key for the exported certificate.

One way to safely process this exported public key material from a card is via sq key adopt.

You can use this approach when you have access to your private primary key material (in the following example, we assume this key is available in key.pgp). Then you can bind the public key material from a card to your key:

opgpcard pubkey > public.key
sq key adopt key.pgp public.pgp

In that process, you will be able to manually set any relevant flags.

Using a card for ssh auth

To use an OpenPGP card for ssh login authentication, a PGP authentication key needs to exist on the card.

opgpcard ssh then shows the ssh public key string representation of the PGP authentication key on the card, like this:

$ opgpcard ssh
OpenPGP card ABCD:01234567

Authentication key fingerprint:
59A5CD3EA88F8707D887EAAE13545F404E11BE1C

SSH public key:
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII2dcYBqMCamidT5MpE3Cl3MIKcYMBekGXbK2aaN6JaH opgpcard:ABCD:01234567

To allow login to a remote machine, that ssh public key can be added to .ssh/authorized_keys on that remote machine.

In the example output above, this string is the ssh public key:

ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII2dcYBqMCamidT5MpE3Cl3MIKcYMBekGXbK2aaN6JaH opgpcard:ABCD:01234567

Show OpenPGP card metadata

Print information about the capabilities of a card, including the list of supported algorithms (if the card returns that list).

Most of the output is probably not of interest to regular users.

$ opgpcard info
OpenPGP card FFFE:12345678 (card version 2.0)

Application Identifier: D276000124 01 01 0200 FFFE 12345678 0000
Manufacturer [FFFE]: Range reserved for randomly assigned serial numbers.

Card Capabilities:
- command chaining

Card service data:
- Application Selection by full DF name
- EF.DIR and EF.ATR/INFO access services by the GET DATA command (BER-TLV): 010

Extended Capabilities:
- get challenge
- key import
- PW Status changeable
- algorithm attributes changeable
- KDF-DO
- maximum length of challenge: 32
- maximum length cardholder certificates: 2048
- maximum command length: 255
- maximum response length: 256

Supported algorithms:
SIG: RSA 2048 [e 32]
SIG: RSA 4096 [e 32]
SIG: Secp256k1 (ECDSA)
SIG: Ed25519 (EdDSA)
SIG: Ed448 (EdDSA)
DEC: RSA 2048 [e 32]
DEC: RSA 4096 [e 32]
DEC: Secp256k1 (ECDSA)
DEC: Cv25519 (ECDH)
DEC: X448 (ECDH)
AUT: RSA 2048 [e 32]
AUT: RSA 4096 [e 32]
AUT: Secp256k1 (ECDSA)
AUT: Ed25519 (EdDSA)
AUT: Ed448 (EdDSA)

Or to query a specific card:

$ opgpcard info --card ABCD:01234567

Admin commands

All admin commands need the Admin PIN. It can be provided as a file, with -P <admin-pin-file>, for non-interactive use.

Alternatively, the PIN can be entered interactively on the host computer, or via a pinpad if the OpenPGP card is used in a smartcard reader that has a pinpad.

Set cardholder name

Set cardholder name, with pin file:

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 -P <admin-pin-file> name "Alice Adams"

Set cardholder name, with interactive PIN input (either on the host computer, or via a smartcard reader pinpad):

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 name "Alice Adams"

Set cardholder URL

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 -P <admin-pin-file> url "https://key.url.example"

or interactively

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 url "https://key.url.example"
Using keys.openpgp.org for the URL

If you have uploaded (or plan to upload) your certificate to the keys.openpgp.org keyserver, you can set the URL field on your card to point to that server:

If the fingerprint of your certificate is 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567, then you can set the URL as follows:

$ opgpcard admin -c FFFE:12345678 url "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567"

Other URLs

You can use any URL that serves your public key, including a link to your certificate on:

  • gitlab (https://gitlab.com/<username>.gpg) or github (https://github.com/<username>.gpg)
  • any other keyserver, such as https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/,
  • a WKD server,
  • a copy of your certificate on your personal website, ...

Import keys

Import private key onto a card. This works if at most one (sub)key per role (sign, decrypt, auth) exists in key.priv:

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 -P <admin-pin-file> import key.priv

or interactively

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 import key.priv

Import private key onto a card while explicitly selecting subkeys. Explicitly specified fingerprints are necessary if more than one subkey exists in key.priv for any role (note: spaces in fingerprints are ignored).

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 -P <admin-pin-file> import key.priv \
 --sig-fp "F290 DBBF 21DB 8634 3C96  157B 87BE 15B7 F548 D97C" \
 --dec-fp "3C6E 08F6 7613 8935 8B8D  7666 73C7 F1A9 EEDA C360" \
 --auth-fp "D6AA 48EF 39A2 6F26 C42D  5BCB AAD2 14D5 5332 C838"

When fingerprints are only specified for a subset of the roles, no keys will be imported for the other roles.

Generate Keys on the card

Key generation needs both the Admin PIN and the User PIN (the User PIN is needed to export the new key as a public key).

The User PIN can be provided with the -p <user-pin-file>, or interactively on the host computer or via the smartcard reader pinpad.

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 -P <admin-pin-file> generate -p <user-pin-file> -o <output-cert-file> 25519

or interactively

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 generate -o <output-cert-file> 25519

Output will look like:

 Generate subkey for Signing
 Generate subkey for Decryption
 Generate subkey for Authentication
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Comment: 1FE2 E8F1 9FE8 7D0D 8AAF  5579 8CB7 58BA 502F 2458
Comment: Foo Bar
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=v95a
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Signing

For now, this tool only supports creating detached signatures, like this (if no input file is set, stdin is read):

$ opgpcard sign --detached -c ABCD:01234567 -p <user-pin-file> -s <cert-file> <input-file>

or interactively

$ opgpcard sign --detached -c ABCD:01234567 -s <cert-file> <input-file>

Decrypting

Decryption using a card (if no input file is set, stdin is read):

$ opgpcard decrypt -c ABCD:01234567 -p <user-pin-file> -r <cert-file> <input-file>

or interactively

$ opgpcard decrypt -c ABCD:01234567 -r <cert-file> <input-file>

PIN management

OpenPGP cards use PINs (numerical passwords) to verify that a user is allowed to perform an operation.

To use the cryptographic operations on a card (such as decryption or signing), the User PIN is required.

To configure a card (for example to import OpenPGP key material into the card's key slots), the Admin PIN is needed.

By default, on unconfigured (or factory reset) cards, the User PIN is typically set to 123456, and the Admin PIN is set to 12345678.

Blocked cards and resetting

When a user has entered a wrong User PIN too often, the card goes into a blocked state, in which presenting the User PIN successfully is not possible anymore. The purpose of this is to prevent attackers from trying all possible PINs (e.g. after stealing a card).

To be able to use the card again, the User PIN must be "reset".

A User PIN reset can be performed by presenting the Admin PIN.

The resetting code

OpenPGP cards offer an additional, optional, Resetting Code mechanism.

The resetting code may be configured on a card and used to reset the User PIN if it has been forgotten or blocked. When unblocking a card with the Resetting Code, the Admin PIN is not needed.

The Resetting Code mechanism is only useful in scenarios where a user doesn't have access to (or prefers not to use) the Admin PIN (e.g. in some corporate settings, users might not be given the Admin PIN for their cards. Instead, an admin may define a resetting code and give that code to the user).

On unconfigured (or factory reset) cards, the Resetting Code is typically unset.

Set a new User PIN

Setting a new User PIN requires the Admin PIN:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 set-user

For non-interactive PIN change:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 set-user -p <old-user-pin-file> -q <new-user-pin-file>

Set new Admin PIN

This requires the (previous) Admin PIN.

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 set-admin

For non-interactive PIN change:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 set-admin -p <old-admin-pin-file> -q <new-admin-pin-file>

Reset User PIN with Admin PIN

The User PIN can be reset to a different (or the same) PIN by providing the Admin PIN. This is possible at any time, including when a wrong User PIN has been entered too often, and the card refuses to accept the User PIN any more.

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 reset-user

For non-interactive PIN change:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 reset-user -P <admin-pin-file> -p <new-user-pin-file>

Configuring the resetting code

The resetting code is an alternative mechanism to recover from a lost or locked User PIN.

You can set the resetting code after verifying the Admin PIN. Once a resetting code is configured on your card, you can use that code to reset the User PIN without needing the Admin PIN.

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 set-reset

To non-interactively set the resetting code:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 set-reset -P <admin-pin-file> -r <resetting-code-file>

Reset User PIN with the resetting code

If a resetting code is configured on a card, you can use that code to reset the User PIN:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 reset-user-rc
Enter resetting code:
Enter new User PIN:
Repeat the new User PIN:

User PIN has been set.

To non-interactively use the resetting code:

$ opgpcard pin -c ABCD:01234567 reset-user-rc -r <resetting-code-file> -p <new-user-pin-file>

Factory reset

Factory reset:

$ opgpcard factory-reset -c ABCD:01234567

NOTE: you do not need a PIN to reset a card!

Using file-descriptors for PINs

When using a shell like bash , you can pass User- and/or Admin PINs via file-descriptors (instead of from a file on disk):

$ opgpcard sign --detached -c ABCD:01234567 -p /dev/fd/3 -s <cert-file> 3<<<123456

$ opgpcard admin -c ABCD:01234567 -P /dev/fd/3 generate -p /dev/fd/4 -o <output-cert-file> 25519 3<<<12345678 4<<<123456

Directly entering PINs on card readers with pinpad

If your OpenPGP card is inserted in a card reader with a pinpad, this tool offers you the option to use the pinpad to enter the User- or Admin PINs. To do this, you can omit the -p and/or -P parameters. Then you will be prompted to enter the user or Admin PINs where needed.

Attestation

Yubico implements a proprietary extension to the OpenPGP card standard to "cryptographically certify that a certain asymmetric key has been generated on device, and not imported".

This feature is available on Yubikey 5 devices with firmware version 5.2 or newer.

Attestation key/certificate

"The YubiKey is pre-loaded with an attestation certificate and matching attestation key issued by the Yubico CA. The template and key are replaceable, which permits an individual or organization to issue attestations verifiable with their own CA if they prefer. If replaced, the Yubico template can never be restored."

This tool does not currently support replacing the attestation key on a Yubikey. It only supports use of the Yubico-provided attestation key to generate "attestation statements".

The attestation certificate on a card can be inspected as follows:

$ opgpcard attestation cert
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
[...]
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Generating an attestation statement

For any key slot on the card you can generate an attestation statement, if the key material in that key slot has been generated on the card.

It's not possible to generate attestation statements for key material that was imported to the card (the attestation statement certifies that the key has been generated on the card).

To generate an attestation statement, run:

$ opgpcard attestation generate --key SIG -c 0006:12345678

Supported values for --key are SIG, DEC and AUT.

Generation of an attestation requires the User PIN. By default it also requires touch confirmation (the touch policy configuration for the attestation key slot is set to On by default).

Viewing an attestation statement

When the Yubikey generates an attestation statement, it gets stored in a cardholder certificate data object on the card.

After an attestation statement has been generated, it can be read from the card and viewed in pem-encoded format:

$ opgpcard attestation statement --key SIG
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
[...]
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Supported values for --key are SIG, DEC and AUT.