Hi,
is it possible to use Split GPG in other Linux distributions? For example
in Debian? Or does Split GPG necessarily require virtual machines?
Kind regards
C. Lauer
The “split” part of split-GPG refers to the fact that the keys are stored in a different qube and that access to them is heavily restricted.
Strictly-speaking, qubes don’t have to be virtual machines, and other ways to compartimintalize your data may allow you to set up something similar to split-GPG. Yet the current Qubes OS implementation relies on virtual machines.
What do you have in mind? What would be the goals of your setup?
As far as I know, the use of Split GPG is currently the only way to run Mozilla Thunderbid with GnuPG without restrictions. I have tested this with Qubes OS 4.2. Actually, I don’t want to use Qubes OS. I want to build the whole thing on a Mint. Qubes OS is a very interesting operating system, but it has very high hardware requirements due to all the VMs running in parallel. In addition, not all hardware is compatible. I have tested Qubes OS 4.2 on a Lenovo ThinkPad X230. It ran very slowly. When I buy my next hardware, I pay attention to the requirements that Qubes OS needs.
Greetings