How hard is it to develop software with smartcard?
It's
very easy: all that is necessary are only 2 commands (read and write
) for the memory cards and only one more (insert password) for the
protected memory ones ; You can find these commands in the
Starter kit
PC/SC ASE-memory. For the CPU cards you must know
the operating system and respective commands for the single card
that you want to use; an d you find all the information on
Starter Kit PC/SC ASE-Crypto
How can I chose the type of smartcard that
meets my needs?
For
the applications regarding the loyalty of the customer the
protected memory cards are the most used why they are secure
and cheap. If you need more memory capacity (over 1 to 16
Kbytes) and the possible copying is not a problem the
Memory cards
are the most widespread. If you need high security the
CPU cards
are the best solution :for example the Payflex for electronic purse,
the Multinet to cipher with DES, the SLE66CX for the digital signature.
yes.
To let them work in this mode they must be automatically
detected
(PnP) by Windows. The firmware must be
updated; use the following software :
Upd431p.exe updates the firmware in the
ASEDriveII
version 20.007 ( the label in the back of the drive) (verify
with Asemanager/properties) to the version 20.07.04.31p, PnP
Upd431.exe restores the firmware to work in
ASE mode
The
ASEDriveII 20.0.6 versions must be
upgraded to the version 20.007 (UpDOS270.exe) but as they
are not PnP they cannot work with Win 2000
They can work in PC/SC (not supported) with
the drivers PC/SC non PnP
The software and
drivers
PC/SC (ASEPCSC10.exe) above
can be downloaded by
clicking here
the ASEDriveII work
in PC/SC mode also under Linux and the SCR 311 also
with MAC OS
X
How can I get the unknown or forgotten
password aof a protected memory card?
There
is no way. You can only make attempts : ASECartEdit permits to
present the password and verify its correctness ; it displays
the number of attempts still available , once reached the card
id locked.
Why does the memory cards often cost more then
the protected memory ones?
The cost of the chip of the smartcard suffers from the
variations of the scale economics and today the use of the
protected memory cards ,especially the MP42, is widespread in
the whole world.
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It's
very easy: all that is necessary are only 2 commands (read and write
) for the memory cards and only one more (insert password) for the
protected memory ones ; You can find these commands in the
For
the applications regarding the loyalty of the customer the