Ebook: Smart Card Application Development Using Java

In today's world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life. We encounter them as credit cards, loyalty cards, electronic purses, health cards, and as secure tokens for authentication or digital signature. Their small size and the compatibility of their form with the magnetic stripe card make them the 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 along with the book will help you to quickly get some first hands-on experience.

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In today's world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life. We encounter them as credit cards, loyalty cards, electronic purses, health cards, and as secure tokens for authentication or digital signature. Their small size and the compatibility of their form with the magnetic stripe card make them the 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 along with the book will help you to quickly get some first hands-on experience.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-9
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 35-48
Cryptography....Pages 49-65
Smart Card Readers and Terminals....Pages 67-70
Smart Card Standards and Industry Initiatives....Pages 71-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Introduction to OpenCard....Pages 81-92
The Utility Classes....Pages 93-106
The Terminal Layer....Pages 107-136
The Service Layer....Pages 137-164
The OCF Security Concept....Pages 165-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Using OCF....Pages 183-202
OCF and e-business....Pages 203-220
Java Card and OCF....Pages 221-243
Card and Application Management....Pages 245-255
OCF for Embedded Devices....Pages 257-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-296

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In today's world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life. We encounter them as credit cards, loyalty cards, electronic purses, health cards, and as secure tokens for authentication or digital signature. Their small size and the compatibility of their form with the magnetic stripe card make them the 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 along with the book will help you to quickly get some first hands-on experience.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-9
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 35-48
Cryptography....Pages 49-65
Smart Card Readers and Terminals....Pages 67-70
Smart Card Standards and Industry Initiatives....Pages 71-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Introduction to OpenCard....Pages 81-92
The Utility Classes....Pages 93-106
The Terminal Layer....Pages 107-136
The Service Layer....Pages 137-164
The OCF Security Concept....Pages 165-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Using OCF....Pages 183-202
OCF and e-business....Pages 203-220
Java Card and OCF....Pages 221-243
Card and Application Management....Pages 245-255
OCF for Embedded Devices....Pages 257-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-296
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