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Generate KSM Key

Import of key material to an YK-KSM is typically always done via the OpenPGP encrypted/signed Key Provisioning Format. This setup assumes that each YK-KSM system has a private key.

Below is a walk-through of a typical key generation session for a host called crater. As you can see at the end, it generated a key with a key id of 8B88A11B.

After this step you may want to generate AES keys for your YubiKeys, see Generate Keys, and then import them to your KSM, see Import Keys To KSM.

user@crater:~$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Please select what kind of key you want:
  (1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
  (2) DSA (sign only)
  (5) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1
DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048)
Requested keysize is 2048 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
        0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0)
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y

You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID
from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
    "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"

Real name: YK-KSM crater Import Key
Email address:
Comment:
You selected this USER-ID:
    "YK-KSM crater Import Key"

Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.

We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
.+++++++++++++++++++++++++..+++++.+++++++++++++++++++++++++...+++++++++++++++.++++++++++.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++++>++++++++++......++++++++++..++++++++++++++++++++..++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++....+++++.+++++...+++++.++++++++++.+++++++++++++++.+++++..+++++.++++++++++.+++++++++++++++..+++++>++++++++++>+++++.................................>+++++..............+++++^^^
gpg: /home/user/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 8B88A11B marked as ultimately trusted
public and secret key created and signed.

gpg: checking the trustdb
gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
gpg: depth: 0  valid:   1  signed:   0  trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
pub   1024D/8B88A11B 2009-12-14
      Key fingerprint = 9B18 20A2 F02E 3C3B 84E3  44F5 AE72 7967 8B88 A11B
uid                  YK-KSM crater Import Key
sub   2048g/140A17F1 2009-12-14

user@crater:~$