60% Savings on SHARC Processor Development Tools
For a limited time, you can purchase a SHARC development tools bundle at a 60% savings. The bundle includes VisualDSP++ Development Software and the High Performance USB-based Emulator. Click here for purchasing details.

Virtualization - FREE White Paper Download

paper    

Card Security and Cryptography
One of the key benefits of smart cards is the ability for some cards to support on board cryptography. For more information on cryptography please read 'Applied Cryptography' by Bruce Schneier. Cryptographic smart cards open up a whole new realm in information security because it now allows a secure place for storage of keys and keyrings. By doing the actual cryptography on the card, the keys never have to leave their storage place.
preview: http://www.linuxnet.com  

paper    

Design Principles for Tamper-Resistant Smartcard Processors
We describe techniques for extracting protected software and data from smartcard processors. This includes manual microprobing, laser cutting, fo- cused ion-beam manipulation, glitch attacks, and power analysis.
preview: http://secinf.net  

paper    

Smart Card HOWTO
This document gives information on the smart card technology and its applications in Linux environment. Smart cards are mainly used in situations where security is an issue. But this is not the only situation where smart cards are used. They have many properties which a service provider wants to use, such as 'one card for many applications'.
preview: http://www.bigwebmaster.com   date: 9/19/2001

paper    

Smart Card Security
The smart card, an intelligent token, is a credit card sized plastic card embedded with an integrated circuit chip. It provides not only memory capacity, but computational capability as well. The self-containment of smart card makes it resistant to attack as it does not need to depend upon potentially vulnerable external resources.
preview: http://www.txwesleyan.edu  

paper    

Smart Card Technology and Security
The self-containment of Smart Card makes them resistant to attack as they do not need to depend upon potentially vulnerable external resources. Because of this, Smart Cards are often used in applications which require strong security protection and authentication.
preview: http://people.cs.uchicago.edu  

paper    

Tamper Resistant Smartcard Processors
This detailed paper describes many means of attack on smartcards, and ways to protect from them.
preview: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk   date: 7/10/1999