Smart Cards

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Smart Cards
CSE 691 Internet Security Principles
11 / 02 / 2001
VALID THRU
Poorvi Y Parikh poorviparikh_at_hotmail.com
Rahul J Toprani rahul_toprani_at_hotmail.com
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Project Description
A smart card is a plastic card about the size of
a credit card, with an embedded microchip that
can be loaded with data, used mainly in the high
security market.
Smart cards are being deployed in most sectors of
the public and private marketplaces, having both
single-function and multi-function applications.
These cover a wide range of applications
including wireless communications, banking and
payment, pay TV, tracking and information
technology among many more.
The aim of this project is to focus on the these
applications along with the operation and
security issues regarding these cards
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Focus Areas

• Our main areas of Focus
• Working and operation of smart cards
• - Physical structure
• - Smart Card readers
• Security Issues
• - Various forms of attacks on smart
  cards and how to over come them.
• Applications
• - Wireless Applications
• - Banking Payment
• - Smart Tracking

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Progress. . .

• Found lot of papers, articles, reviews and
  information on the overview of smart cards,
  applications, smart card readers and security,
  through the internet.
• Went through the book smart card 2000 the
  future of IC cards, which gives a broader image
  on the applications regarding smart cards.
• Found a website on how to make a Dumb Mouse
  smart card reader.

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Problems Encountered

• The kit required to build the Card Reader needs
  to be shipped from Holland.
• Tools required to put the kit together not very
  easy to obtain.
• Subject matter is too vast.

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Current Research Sources
An Overview of Smart Card Security http//home.hk
star.com/alanchan/papers/smartCardSecurity/ Smart
Cards Online http//www.smartex.com/smartcards_g
uide.html Smart Card Security Information
Page http//www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/La
b/1578/smart.htm Dumb Mouse Universal Chip Card
Reader http//cuba.xs4all.nl/hip/dumbmouse.html G
em Plus Applications http//www.gemplus.com/app/i
ndex.htm
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Current Research Sources
Smart Card Basics http//www.smartcardbasics.com/
overview.html SCIA Applications http//www.scia.o
rg/aboutSmartCards/scapps.html Smart card 2000
the future of IC cards Edited by d. chaum and
i. Schaumüller - bichl