Learning Smart Card Programing

Sven Tantau

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Jun 10, 2003, 12:27:00 PM6/10/03

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DOOMER wrote:
> I just started to read about smart card programming can some one give me a
> few links and tips on what to do? I dont want to program basic cards, I want
> to program in assembly is there any drawbacks?

Perhaps this is a good starting point:

http://www.mbsks.franken.de/sosse/

hth

sven

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http://sven.alpha-centauri.org

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 10, 2003, 10:45:51 AM6/10/03

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Indirectly this was very helpful for me as well! Thanks!

Todd Carper

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Jun 10, 2003, 9:26:45 PM6/10/03

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You can take a look at our offering www.smartecos.com

You can develop in C or Assembly, if you prefer. We "handle" much of the
internals so you can focus on your code and interfacing to the OS api.

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 10, 2003, 10:01:21 PM6/10/03

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Units.... Per card?

Todd Carper

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Jun 11, 2003, 3:11:35 PM6/11/03

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Pricing by card varies depending on the volumes. There is a base price list
on the web site. If you have a special need or a very large project, we'll
work with you to fit your budget.

The site also provides you a link to the people at Silone Magcard who can
sell you cards in low (or high) volumes.

The SDK can be downloaded for no charge. This way you can see how it works.
www.smartecos.com

We also offer various support plans - from QA on a news group, to the
focused weekend warrior support to quick response support for a company
driven project.

Also, the license fee is inclusive of our patent fees.

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 13, 2003, 8:09:33 AM6/13/03

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There are so many standards for smart cards I am not sure which one will
be the most used standard. I wonder if microsoft is going to try and
dominate this market?

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 13, 2003, 10:29:43 AM6/13/03

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I read somewhere that microsoft has an OS for smartcards. I have also
read that JavaCard comprimieses 90 percent of the smartcard OS market.
AMEX and Visa are the primary players that use this technology.

Anyone here have TurboMax reader that they built from DanaCo.net? What
is your experenese with it? I guess as long as a reader is ISO complient
then it should read any smartcard on the market?

Todd Carper

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Jun 13, 2003, 2:38:54 PM6/13/03

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>
> There are so many standards for smart cards I am not sure which one will
> be the most used standard. I wonder if microsoft is going to try and
> dominate this market?
>

The standards that I think are most relevant are 7816-1,2,3. Part 4 of 7816
is a model of how a card could be used to manage data. But it is incomplete
from a full standard perspective. That's not bad - just left some remaining
compatibility issues.

I prefer the approach of the SmarTEC OS where we view 7816-4 as an
application. This way, you can build an application which is compatible with
7816-4 or you can build an application with the precise functionality you
need for your application. You may have no need for MF,DF architecture. And
you may have a completely new or proprietary authentication scheme. In this
last case, you don't care about being compatible with 7816-4, or maybe even
any other card application.

Of course, I am biased. :-)

MSFT was in for a while and then sold source licenses and announced they
were out. Sagem was one of the known source licensees.

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 13, 2003, 2:43:06 PM6/13/03

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So does this mean that since Microsoft is not in the running that this
will be a dead technology in a few months, or years? I don't think so
but then again...

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 13, 2003, 2:55:44 PM6/13/03

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Sigh. Schlumberger has the Cyberflex Access 32K cards but they are like
110 USD for a 5 pack. I don't know why they are so damn expensive! All I
want to do is learn damn it LOL.

Todd Carper

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Jun 13, 2003, 3:43:11 PM6/13/03

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>
> So does this mean that since Microsoft is not in the running that this
> will be a dead technology in a few months, or years? I don't think so
> but then again...
>

At the time, one of the statements made (not necessarily official) was that
the market wasn't large enough from a revenue perspective to warrant MSFT
spending time with it. So they got out. There are other places to play right
now that can generate much greater revenues for them.

mikeDOTcom

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Jun 14, 2003, 2:46:18 AM6/14/03

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I got this today from a source and I am confused...

"Either Cyberflex e-gate 32K cards, with plug, bulk ID. 401075
or Cyberflex e-gate 32K cards, without plug, bulk ID. 401035 is fine

however, these are just the cards.You would need to purchase either a
desktop connector or a token, depending on your choice, to be able to
access the card.

Also, to develop the card, unless you have your own tools, you would
need the SDK to develop it."

What do i do? I want to start learning smart card programming. Is this
guy for real or what? This is in reference to Javacard. I have a version
of a dumbmouse already built. What more do I need? :-(