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Private keys
- Consistently consider private key material as a separate thing from Certificates? (like in pkcs#11?)
Transferable secret keys
Private key operations
The core of private key operations doesn't require access to the whole certificate. A private key subsystem only needs to handle the cryptographic key material.
OpenPGP card for private keys
OpenPGP card devices are a type of hardware security device. They are one popular way to handle OpenPGP private key material. These devices do not store the full OpenPGP certificate.