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Smart Card Security
Smart Card Security
It is a secure device
HISTORY OF SMART CARDS
In the early 1950s diners club produced the first all
plastic cards to be used for payment
application.
Smart card has its origin in 1970s by inventors
Test logic
Micro processor
ROM
Security logic
RAM
Serial I/O
interface EEPROM
Whats inside a smart card ?
Microprocessor :-it is heart of the chip.
- it is 8 or 16 bit wide
Basic smart card security features
Hardware
Closed package.
Memory encapsulation
Software
Decoupling applications and operating system