Project Roadmap
In the recent weeks we got increasing questions on the status and future of the project. Other than our website might indicate, we are continuously developing but we should do better in order to keep you updated. Now, let's give you an overview:
You may have noticed that the Crypto Stick is out of stock for a while already. We are working on a new device (think of it as a version 1.4) which super seeds the current Crypto Stick. To achieve better robustness the integrated smart card won't be soldered anymore but be inserted. The device will contain a new OATH (not OAuth) one-time-password feature which is the same standard used by the Google Authenticator. This device enables you to securely and easily login to popular websites like Amazon Web Services, DropBox, GMail, GDocs etc. without entering a password. Furthermore the Crypto Stick will have a smaller and custom-made casing.
The long-awaited Crypto Stick "version 2" containing an encrypted storage is still under development. We shipped a few devices as part of a closed beta program and we are currently investigating a bug (#42) which occasionally prevents the device from starting up properly, primarily under Linux. For this purpose we did setup a test- and metering-installation and run test scripts to nail the problem down. The error seems to occur only once in a few thousand startup cycles which doesn't make life easier for us. There are a few more things to do and you may want to follow the progress in our ticketing system.
Furthermore we plan to release a Crypto Stick "light" without a smart card and without storage. It will be based on GNUK which is a software-only implementation of the OpenPGP Card which is executed by the STM32 microprocessor.
Eventually all three flavors will be available in parallel to address different demands. Now you may be interested to know when the new devices will be ready. Since our earlier estimations were wrong, we won't comment on specific release dates anymore. The "version 1.4" with the one-time-password feature is available as "series zero" which means we have 20 devices to currently undergo intensive testing. Unless significant bugs are found, the next step would be to release the device and start the production.
Because of some pending work items the "version 2" (with storage) may take a while to be released for production. Please subscribe to this newsletter or blog where we will announce any news and releases.
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