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What is Smart Card? History Design Types of smart cards Applications Security with smart cards Benefits Problems References

Small plastic card embedded with an IC chip.

Chip can be either a memory or microprocessor type.

Useful for storing and transacting data.

Data is associated with either value, information, or both.

In 1968 & 1969, German engineers Helmut Grőttrup & Jűrgen Dethloff filed patents for automated chip card.

French inventor Roland Moreno patented the memory card concept in 1974.

Michel Ugon from Honeywell Bull invented the first microprocessor smart card in 1977.

Until mid 80s most of the work on Smart Cards was at the research and development level.

First commercial use was French debit

cards.

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I/O

RFU

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Based on the way the smart card interacts with the Card Reader, smart cards are of three types:

Contact Smart Cards

Contactless Smart Cards

Hybrid Cards

Defined in ISO 7810 standard.

Have contact area of approx. 1 cm2

This area comprises of several gold-plated contact pads.

Pads provides electrical conductivity.

Power is supplied by card reader.

Uses RF induction technology to communicate and to be powered.

Defined in ISO 14443 standard.

Communicates at data rates of 106-848 kbps.

Requires an antenna to communicate.

Implements former two

interfaces on a single

card.

On developing stage.

Example is Andante,

Porto’s multi-application

transport card.

• Financial

> As ATM cards, Fuel cards, SIMs.

> As electronic wallet.• Identification (Dude! Be Smart.)• Public Transit. • Educational Institutes.

> Tracking Student attendance.

> As an electronic purse to pay various bills.

> Access control of some buildings.• In healthcare.

The standard security goals like

Authentication

Confidentiality

Integrity

Non-repudiation

can easily be provided by using smart cards..

Easy to use. Individuals gain increased

convenience. Multiple tasks can be done by a

single card. An important key in E-

governance. Enhanced security. A handsome way to deal with

the things.

High probability for damage of card.

Malware can break smart card security model.

Lack of standards for functionality & security.