* A GNU wannabee in Japan
Maintain a few package in Debian: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=gniibe%40fsij.org
Current projects: Gnuk, GnuPG, Debian, and GNU website Japanese translation
Hardware project: FST-01 (original, G, and SZ)
Attempt to provide more entropy to the world: https://shop.fsf.org/storage-devices/neug-usb-true-random-number-generator
In the past: PLIP driver in Linux, GNU/Linux on SuperH, Debian for M32R, etc.
* Chairman of Free Software Initiative of Japan
These days: We sponsor conferences in Asia (including Debconf 18, Debconf 23 and Debconf24).
In the past: We hosted conferences in Japan (including 5th GPLv3 international conference in 2006).
Accepted Talks:
Gnuk 2.2 and Gnuk NEXT
Gnuk is an implementation of USB cryptographic token for GnuPG.
Since its start in 2010, it has been used by users who care about how/where to store their private keys. Distinct advantage has been that it allows/encourages use of DIY hardware explicitly.
In 2024, Gnuk 2.2 is released. Major changes are removal of some features from Gnuk 1.2. It now only supports ECC crypto (Ed25519, Ed448, Curve25519 and X448). Important change is that KDF-DO feature is now mandatory, so that private keys remain somewhat safer even if MCU flash will be attacked and extracted.
Next development version of Gnuk, called Gnuk NEXT, is now in consideration. Development topics includes following:
- Kyber support for PQC decryption
- RISC-V MCU support
- No CCID (vender specific protocol)
- USB communication encryption, perhaps
In this talk, I explain Gnuk development history, its major use case (of mine), Gnuk 2.2 updates, and a plan/progress of Gnuk NEXT.