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whitepaper Integrating the SIM Card Into J2ME as a Security Element - A Smarter Approach to Secure Java Mobile Applications: JSR1772005-04-01 Gemplus
  While the use of an Open Operating System (OS) platform is not necessary for low-end devices such as those handling voice-only services or supporting simple data applications, this platform is crucial for managing intensively data-enabled phones. In a market where mobile phones increasingly support data communications and wireless networks promise more flexible mobility solutions, higher bandwidth and network interoperability, Open OS will be required to enable mobile devices to efficiently host and manage different applications and services enabled by wireless networks. This white paper addresses the JSR177 Smart Card communication API and set of cryptographic high level APIs useful to benefit from (U)SIM card services.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Mobile and Wireless		   
whitepaper RFID With Bio-Smart Card in Linux2005-02-28 Walchand College of Engineering
  This paper describes the integration of fingerprint template and RF smart card for clustered network, which is designed on Linux platform and Open source technology to obtain biometrics security. Combination of smart card and biometrics has achieved in two step authentication where smart card authentication is based on a Personal Identification Number (PIN) and the card holder is authenticated using the biometrics template stored in the smart card that is based on the fingerprint verification. The fingerprint verification has to be executed on central host server for security purposes. Protocol designed allows controlling entire parameters of smart security controller like PIN options, Reader delay, real-time clock, alarm option and cardholder access conditions.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Mobile and Wireless		   
whitepaper Introducing the USIM for 3G Services2004-12-03 Gemplus
  The SIM, which played a central role in the success of GSM, is also part of 3G in a new guise - the USIM or Universal SIM. This carries out the same functions as its 2G cousin such as authenticating the user on the network and securing access to the network services but also acts as a means of ensuring continuity of services when migrating to 3G and also enabling the new range of a data services on offer. This paper explains the essential role of the smart card for both operators and subscribers.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Mobile and Wireless		   
whitepaper Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication2004-10-01 Smart Card Alliance
  Organizations of all sizes and in all industries are anxious to improve the process used to identify users to their networked systems. With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing occurrence of identity theft and attacks on corporate networks, password-based user authentication is increasingly acknowledged to be a significant security risk. Passwords are typically controlled by the password owner, who can use easily guessed passwords, share passwords with others, write passwords down, or use the same password to access multiple systems. In addition, storing password data on corporate networks introduces additional vulnerability to attackers who gain network access.

Tags: 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