S/MIME e-mail encryptie met Thunderbird

Compatible Nitrokeys

3A/C/Mini

Passkey

HSM 2

Pro 2

FIDO2

Storage 2

Start

U2F

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inactive

inactive

active

inactive

active

active

inactive

Vereisten

If you do not have a S/MIME key-certificate pair installed on your Nitrokey yet or if you did not installed OpenSC, please look at this page first.

You need to have OpenSC installed on your System. While GNU/Linux users usually can install OpenSC over the package manager (e.g. sudo apt update && sudo apt install opensc on Ubuntu), macOS and Windows users can download the installation files from OpenSC directly.

Notitie

Windows gebruikers met een 64-bit systeem (standaard) moeten zowel de 32-bit als de 64-bit versie van OpenSC!

Instellingen in Thunderbird

Before you can use the Nitrokey in Thunderbird you have to activate S/MIME encryption in the account settings. You can achieve this by clicking on the menu and go to Preferences -> Account Settings and clicking on Security in the account settings window.

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Klik op “Security Devices” om de juiste PCKS11 module te importeren. Klik op “Laden” aan de rechterkant. Geef de module nu een naam (zoals “OpenSC Module”) en klik op “Bladeren” om de locatie van de module te kiezen (zie hieronder).

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On Windows the right file lays under “C:WindowsSystem32opensc-pkcs11.dll”. On macOS and GNU/Linux the file should be in “/lib/pkcs11/opensc-pkcs11.so” or “/usr/lib/pkcs11/opensc-pkcs11.so” or alike. Press “OK” twice and you are back in security section of the account settings. Now you can actually choose a certificate on the upper part of the window. You should get asked for a PIN to unlock your Nitrokey. Please type in your User PIN.

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Gebruik

Bij het opstellen van een e-mail kunt u nu kiezen om het bericht te coderen en te ondertekenen.

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