Smart card application development using Java : with 98 figures, 16 tables and a multi function smart card

In todays world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life. We encounter them as credit cards, loyalty cards, electronic purses, health cards, ands as secure tokens for authentication or digital signature. Their small size and the compatibility of their form with the magnetic stripe card make them ideal carriers of personal information such as secret keys, passwords, customization profiles, and medical emergency information. This book provides a guide for the rapid development of smart card applications using Java and the OpenCard Framework. It gives you the basic information you need about smart cards and how they work. It shows in detail how to develop applications that use smart cards by guiding you through examples step by step. A smart card provided with the book will help you to quickly get some first hands-on experience. Front Matter....Pages I-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 What Makes the Smart Card “Smart”?....Pages 13-22 Introduction to Smart Card Software....Pages 23-34 Smart Cards and e-business....Pages 35-49 Cryptography....Pages 51-67 Smart Card Readers and Terminals....Pages 69-73 Smart Card Standards and Industry Initiatives....Pages 75-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Introduction to OpenCard....Pages 87-99 The Utility Classes....Pages 101-114 The Terminal Layer....Pages 115-144 The Service Layer....Pages 145-174 The OCF Security Concepts....Pages 175-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Using OCF....Pages 195-214 OCF and e-business....Pages 215-232 Java Card and OCF....Pages 233-254 Card and Application Management....Pages 255-265 OCF for Embedded Devices....Pages 267-272 Back Matter....Pages 273-305 Smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life. We encounter them as credit cards, loyalty cards, electronic purses, health cards, ands as secure tokens for authentication or digital signatures. Their small size and the compatibility of their form with the magnetic stripe card make them ideal carriers of personal information such as secret keys, passwords, customization profiles, and medical emergency information. This book provides a guide for the rapid development of smart card applications using Java and the OpenCard Framework. It gives you the basic information you need about smart cards and how they work. A smart card provided with the book will help you to obtain first-hand experience.