Nitrokey Passkey FAQ

D: Quali sono i sistemi operativi supportati?

Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD. Also FIDO2 is supported on Android and iOS.

D: Per cosa posso usare il Nitrokey Passkey?

Second or first factor authentication for services which support Webauthn/Passkey/FIDO2/FIDO U2F. See the overview of supported use cases.

D: Come posso verificare se il mio Nitrokey Passkey funziona?

On WebAuthn.io you can check various high-level functionalities, while webautn.bin.coffee provides good developer level details (technical) details. You can also test your Nitrokey with nitropy.

Q: What happens if I lose my Nitrokey Passkey device?

When securing accounts using FIDO2 (two-factor authentication and passwordless login), you should configure another factor in your account as a backup. Depending on the service this backup factor can be a phone number, an app or even a second Nitrokey Passkey. If you lose a Nitrokey Passkey, you can still log in with the second Nitrokey Passkey (or with another second factor).

D: Qual è la capacità di archiviazione?

The Nitrokey Passkey doesn’t contain storage capability for ordinary data (it can only store cryptographic keys). It can hold over 100 passkeys resp. FIDO2 keys.

D: Come utilizzare Nitrokey Passkey con Azure Entra ID (Active Directory)?

After disabling Enforce Attestation Nitrokey Passkey is supported by Azure Entra ID out of the box.

D: Perché il Passkey Nitrokey non viene visualizzato in GnuPG?

Nitrokey Passkey non supporta OpenPGP.

D: Perché il Passkey non viene visualizzato nell’App Nitrokey?

Il Passkey Nitrokey non è supportato dall’App Nitrokey 1 e 2.