Smart Cards:

• A small embedded computer. Shaped as a credit card or a SIM card.
• Low processing power (8-bit CPU, 5 MHz clock).
• Small memory (4 Kb RAM, 16 Kb EEPROM, 64 Kb ROM).
• Secure (tamper-resistant).
• Inexpensive (average 3 Euros).

Using smart cards as security tokens:

• Authentication of the card holder:
  • To have (the card) and to know (a PIN code).
  • Credit cards; SIM cards for GSM; pay TV; electronic locks.
• Storing sensitive information:
  • Credit cards: number, expiration date, transaction log, …
  • Phone book in SIM cards.
  • Medical data

Smart Card Security from a Programming Language

Source: INRIA
Author: Xavier Leroy

Download Project and Java Code

Download Project – Implementation of SCOSTA-CL based Smart Card Operating System (SCSOS).pdf