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+SMART CARDS\r
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+by Morcc/THC\r
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+New applications for smart cards are being discovered on a daily basis,\r
+overriding former simple uses such as memory cards (telephone cards)\r
+which have been dominant to date. Today, with an expanding market for\r
+highly sophisticated applications, the time for the smart card has come.\r
+Examples of these "smarter" cards are SiM cards for the C and D nets of the\r
+mobile phone networks of German Telekom & Mannesman, banking cards, ID cards\r
+and access control cards. Smart cards are also synonymous with security.\r
+Smart cards are used for communication. The information they contain is\r
+requested by reader devices and then forwarded to further processing.\r
+Within then GSM network the card has the function of a key. As a SiM it\r
+allows access to the network. To ensure that smart cards and terminals\r
+communicate correctly and that data is exchanged smoothly and without\r
+error, some companies offer a SiM simulator which reproduces the behaviour\r
+of the card during the session with the terminal and creates a protocol log\r
+of the procedure. The SiM simulator is very interesting, it looks a little\r
+bit weird but that doesn't matter. One of these SiM simulators is called\r
+Test SiM and its main area of application is in spot checks during quality\r
+tests, i.e. during the development of mobile telephones. The SiM editor is\r
+the software which is used to r/w to the card's memory. One of these\r
+editors is called Dr. SiM, a very popular device, because every fool can\r
+operate it. Some smart card companies already developed cards for UNiX\r
+computer security. This is secured for workstations within a UNiX LAN.\r
+The system is called X-Secure. The user identifies himself with a personal\r
+ID number whichis on the card. A two-way dialogue then takes place between\r
+the card and the computer, involving high security checks. Once access has\r
+been granted, the user can use the system.\r
+In the future we will all use smart cards. As a electronic wallet, for\r
+medical purposes, electronic locking, systematic traffic control and\r
+electronic toll collection. Security will be better and better, but there\r
+are always ways around it. The best way to get good information is to call\r
+one of the smart card companies and tell them you're Mr. X from the X company\r
+and that you're interested in the smart card technology because you're planning\r
+to use smart cards in the company. If you have the right feeling how to talk\r
+with people on the phone you'll get the best informations.\r
+\r
+If you don't know numbers of such companies, here are some of them...\r
+\r
+Germany +49-5254-991-0\r
+UK +44-1491-41-0997\r
+USA +1-610-993-9810\r
+\r
+I hope that you know have a basic idea of smart cards and that you want to\r
+know more about it. Go ahead! Start with collecting more information.\r
+\r
+Bye,\r
+Morcc/THC\r
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