Factory Reset¶
(Nitrokey Storage 2 - macOS)
There are two types of factory resets for Nitrokey Storage devices:
a factory reset of the OpenPGP smart card, for example using
gpg --card-edit, followed byadminand finally:factory-reseta factory reset of the entire Nitrokey device using the Nitrokey App.
Also, it is possible to generate a new AES key that is used to encrypt the Password Safe and the Encrypted Volume without performing a factory reset.
Note
The Nitrokey App always generates a new AES key after performing a factory reset.
The following table describes the differences between these three operations:
Property |
OpenPGP factory reset |
Nitrokey factory reset |
Generate AES key |
|---|---|---|---|
Requires admin PIN |
no |
yes |
yes |
Destroys OpenPGP keys |
yes |
yes |
no |
Destroys Password Safe |
yes 1 |
yes |
yes 1 |
Destroys One-Time Passwords |
no |
yes |
yes 2 |
Destroys Encrypted Volume |
yes 1 |
yes 1 |
yes 1 |