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Secure Access Control With Government Contactless Cards
Overview Government agencies have begun widespread usage of public key technology for information security applications such as secure email, document signing, and secure login. These deployments use PKI tokens in the form of contact smart cards with private keys protected through a match-on-card second factor such as a PIN. More recently, the government has begun to standardize card technology for contactless physical access. These contactless cards will be capable of symmetric key usage, but will not be able to perform private key operations. They will also typically be limited to 1-4kB of read/write data storage. This paper discusses ways to use digitally signed messages to perform strong authentication and authorization using the current generation of contactless smart cards.
| Publisher | CoreStreet | File Format | |
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| Date Published | May 2005 | Downloads | 467 |
| Format | White Papers | ||
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