Smart Cards for use in our ACS Line of Smart Card
Readers and SDKs
What
is a Smart Card?
A
smart card is a card that is embedded with either a
microprocessor and a memory chip (IC card like
ACS AC0S3) or only
a memory chip with non-programmable logic (memory card
like
SLE smart cards).
The IC card can add, delete, and otherwise manipulate
information on the card, while a memory-chip card (for
example, pre-paid phone cards) can only undertake a
pre-defined operation.
Overview of the ISO7816 Standard
ACS ACOS3
(Previously the ACOS2)
ACOS3 is
specifically designed for highly secure payment
applications. With this high degree of security feature,
The ACOS3 16KB card is particularly suitable for applications such as
network access control, electronic purse and multitude
of other applications in which security is extremely
critical.
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ACS ACOS5 PKI Card - Crypto Card
The ACOS-5 card is an advanced
cryptographic smart card that fully complies with ISO
7816-1/2/3/4/8/9 and is specially designed for
public-key based applications and for enhancing security
and performance for RSA public-key cryptographic
operations that are essential in smart card PKI, digital
signature and high level security requirements. ACOS5
provides up to 32KB EEPROM of secure data storage.
Typical applications include payment system, e-banking,
e-commerce, stock trading, network security, corporate
identity, Microsoft windows logon, PKI application, and
cryptographic middleware layers CSP and PKCS#11.
Philips Mifare
Fully compliant with ISO 14443A,
MIFARE® is the industry standard
for contactless and dual interface smart card schemes.
With an immense worldwide installed base, it is a well
proven RF communication technology for transmitting data
between a card and a reader device. The platform offers
a full range of compatible contactless smart card and
reader ICs, as well as dual interface ICs that provide a
secure link between the contactless and contact card
markets.
Philips Mifare DESFire
MIFARE® DESFire operates at a
distance of 10cms and in accordance with the
international standard ISO 14443A perfectly meets
mid-end transportation segment needs including security
and cost effectiveness. It features a 4Kbyte non
volatile memory, a high speed triple -DES data
encryption co-processor, a flexible memory organization
structure, a mutual 3-pass authentication technique
together with a true random number generator and an
anti-tear mechanism to guarantee data integrity during
contactless transactions.
The MIFARE® classic family is the pioneer and front
runner in contactless smart card ICs operating in the
13.56 MHz frequency range with read/write capability.
Siemens SLE4442
The
SLE4442 by
Siemens of Infineon is inarguably one of the most
popular cards on the market - widely used as
Identification Applications (Health insurance card,
Access control, Electronic ticketing, Gift and Loyalty)
256 x 8-bit E-EPROM organization
Byte-wise addressing
Irreversible byte-wise write protection
32 x 1-bit organization of protection memory
Data can only be changed after entry of the
correct 3-byte programmable security code
(security memory)
