Package org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard

package org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard

API for using OpenPGP keys whose private key material lives on a smart card or hardware token.

A OpenPGPSmartCardBackend enumerates the cards of one card technology; OpenPGPSmartCardManager aggregates several backends and implements PublicKeyDataDecryptorFactoryProvider, so registering it with OpenPGPMessageProcessor lets the high-level OpenPGP API decrypt messages addressed to a card-held key. Such keys are marked SecretKeyPacket.USAGE_EXTERNAL per OpenPGP External Secret Keys.

See Also:

• org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard.simulator
• org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard.yubikey

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard.card	Card-level value types shared by the smart-card backends: the checked CardException raised when communication with a card fails, and SupportedAlgorithms, the set of key algorithms a card slot accepts.
org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard.simulator	Software simulation of an OpenPGP smart card, for exercising the org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard API without hardware.
org.bouncycastle.openpgp.smartcard.yubikey	OpenPGPSmartCardBackend implementation for YubiKey devices, built on the YubiKit libraries.

Classes

Class	Description
OpenPGPHardwareKey	An OpenPGP key stored on a OpenPGPSmartCard.
OpenPGPSmartCard	Abstract OpenPGP Smart Card class.
OpenPGPSmartCardBackend<T extends OpenPGPSmartCard>
OpenPGPSmartCardManager	Manager aggregating one or more backends.