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title: Nitrokey partners with Gentoo Foundation to equip developers with USB keys
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The [Gentoo Foundation](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page) has
partnered with [Nitrokey](https://www.nitrokey.com/) to equip all Gentoo developers
with free [Nitrokey Pro 2](https://www.nitrokey.com/files/doc/Nitrokey_Pro_factsheet.pdf)
devices. Gentoo developers will use the Nitrokey devices to store cryptographic
keys for signing of git commits and software packages, GnuPG keys, and SSH
accounts.

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Thanks to the Gentoo Foundation and Nitrokey’s discount, each Gentoo developer
is eligible to receive one free Nitrokey Pro 2. To receive their Nitrokey, developers
will need to register with their `@gentoo.org` email address at the [dedicated order
form](https://gentoo.nitrokey.com/).

A [Nitrokey Pro 2 Guide](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Infrastructure/Nitrokey_Pro_2_guide_for_Gentoo_developers) is available
on the Gentoo Wiki with FAQ & instructions for integrating Nitrokeys into developer
workflow.

## ABOUT NITROKEY PRO 2 ##

[Nitrokey Pro 2](https://www.nitrokey.com/files/doc/Nitrokey_Pro_factsheet.pdf)
has strong reliable hardware encryption, thanks to open source.  It can help
you to: sign Git commits; encrypt emails and files; secure server access; and
protect accounts against identity theft via two-factor authentication (one-time
passwords).

## ABOUT GENTOO ##

[Gentoo Linux](https://www.gentoo.org/) is a free, source-based, rolling
release meta distribution that features a high degree of flexibility and high
performance. It empowers you to make your computer work for you, and offers a
variety of choices at all levels of system configuration.

As a community, Gentoo consists of approximately two hundred developers and
over fifty thousand users globally.

The [Gentoo Foundation](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page)
supports the development of Gentoo, protects Gentoo's intellectual property,
and oversees adherence to Gentoo's Social Contract.

## ABOUT NITROKEY ##

[Nitrokey](https://www.nitrokey.com/) is a German IT security startup committed
to open source hardware and software. Nitrokey develops and produces USB keys
for data encryption, email encryption (PGP/GPG, S/MIME), and secure account
logins (SSH, two-factor authentication via OTP and FIDO).

Nitrokey is proud to support the Gentoo Foundation in further securing the
Gentoo infrastructure and contributing to a secure open source Linux
ecosystem.