The need for
security and enhanced privacy is increasing as increasing as electronic forms
of identification replace face to face and paper based ones. The emergence of
the global Internet and the expansion of
the corporate network to include access by customers and suppliers from outside
the firewall have accepted the demand for solution based on public key
cryptography technology.
A smart card is a plastic card about the size
of credit card, With an embedded microchip that can be loaded with data. A smart card more
information than a magnetic stripe card and it can be programmed for different applications.
Some cards can contain programming and data to support multiple applications
and can be updated to add new applications after they are issued. Smart cades
can be designed to be inserted into a slot and read by a special reader or to
be read at distance, such as a toll booth. It is a comprehensive suite of
software and hardware components that includes everything you need to develop
contact.
