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whitepaper Hagen University Security Goes the Online Distance2004-10-01 Aladdin Knowledge Systems
  Administrators at the Hagen University of Distance Learning knew that going online was necessary to the survival of a distance learning program in a hi-tech age. Today online studies have become standard procedure at Hagen University, with more and more students making use of the university's virtual offerings every day. To guarantee maximum data protection, this center of higher education has come to rely on state-of-the-art security technologies. Hagen University officials realized that the eToken from Aladdin was the logical alternative to conventional smart card systems. Unlike other systems, eToken did not require an additional reader and had its own smartcard chip built-in. The eToken could also be directly integrated in existing smartcard applications using standards PC/SC, PKCS#11 and MSCapi.

Tags: Security Administration, Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Smart cards and IT security2003-01-01 IBM
  This short white paper talks about smart cards and IT security. It covers common smart card features and applications, including authentication. A mobile smart card solution for IBM ThinkPad notebooks is also introduced.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Smart Cards For Payment Systems2001-12-01 Thales
  The payment card has been in existence for many years. It started in the form of a card embossed with details of the cardholder (account number, name, expiration date) which could be used at a point of sale to purchase goods or services. The magnetic stripe was soon introduced as a means of holding more data than was possible by embossing alone. Finally, the Smart Card appeared.

From the anti-crime perspective there are a number of benefits in adopting the smart card. The card itself (or in conjunction with the terminal) can make decisions about whether or not a transaction can take place. Secret values can be stored on the card which are not accessible to the outside world allowing for example, the card to check the cardholder’s PIN without having to go online to the card issuer’s host system. Also there is the possibility of modifying the way the card works while it is inserted in a point of sale terminal even to the point of blocking the card from further transactions if it has been reported lost or stolen.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Basic Elements of a PKI2000-12-08 SmartTrust
  Assymetric encryption allows users to identify themselves over an electronic network, to communicate privately, and to sign electronic documents. These functions form the basis for e-commerce, and a system that exploits this technology is known as a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). .

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Smart Cards Introduction1994-03-01 Smart Card Alliance
  Smart cards represent a new technology that has tremendous potential for enhancing the security of distributed systems. This RFC, 57.0, introduces smart card terminology, describes current smart card technology (including physical and logical characteristics), discusses the current status of smart card standardization, and closes with a brief discussion of the benefits DCE could gain by utilizing smart cards. A follow-on RFC, titled "DCE Smart Card Integration" [MER 57.1], describes a proposed DCE implementation.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Smart Cards: A Primer
Develop on the Java Platform of the Future		0000-00-00 JavaWorld
  This article, the first in a new Java Developer series on smart cards, will introduce you to smart card hows and whys. All you need is a smart card, a card reader, and software that lets you communicate with the card, and you can begin developing a real-world application. This article includes: a package to manipulate smart cards using ISO 7816; a demonstration of how to read and write data to a memory smart card using the Gemplus reader and a Gemplus smart card; and a discussion of some of the applications that make use of smart card memory features. Future articles will use cards by different manufacturers. We'll also touch on smart card standards.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper What is a Smart Card?0000-00-00 Sun Microsystems
  A smart card is a card that is embedded with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip with non-programmable logic. The microprocessor card can add, delete, and otherwise manipulate information on the card, while a memory-chip card (for example, pre-paid phone cards) can only undertake a pre-defined operation.

Smart cards, unlike magnetic stripe cards, can carry all necessary functions and information on the card. Therefore, they do not require access to remote databases at the time of the transaction.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Card Security and Cryptography0000-00-00 MUSCLE
  One of the key benefits of smart cards is the ability for some cards to support on board cryptography. For more information on cryptography please read "Applied Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier.
Cryptographic smart cards open up a whole new realm in information security because it now allows a secure place for storage of keys and keyrings. By doing the actual cryptography on the card, the keys never have to leave their storage place. This gives the card holder a secure way of storing keys especially if the key pair was generated on the card. I will briefly describe what is necessary for using smart cards with cryptography.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Surveillance: The Digital Revolution2004-04-01 IBM
  Today, video surveillance has become commonplace. Everyone from government agencies to sports venues has taken advantage of the added security they provide. IBM takes it into the digital age. Digital surveillance offers more efficient storage and retrieval methods, as well as advanced capabilities like motion and abandoned object detection. These systems can also be built on existing analog infrastructures—increasing cost effectiveness. Click to learn more.

Tags: LAN - WAN, Data Infrastructure, Internet and Web, Authentication - Encryption, Authentication - Encryption, Data Infrastructure, Intrusion - Tampering, Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Homeland Security		   
whitepaper Digital Signatures and PKCS#11 Smart Cards: Concepts, Issues and Some Programming Details2003-08-13 Calsoft Labs
  With the need for information security in today's digital systems growing, cryptography has become one of its critical components. Digital signatures are one of the many uses of cryptography. PKCS#11, also known as Cryptoki, was defined by RSA and is a generic cryptographic token interface. This paper deals with applying digital signatures on documents using cryptographic smart cards and readers. The paper shall also discuss using MS Crypto API for verifying these digital signatures. It is assumed that the reader has some idea of cryptography.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Authentication - Encryption