Secure smart card reader design

Author

Peláez, Rafael Martínez ; Novella, Francisco Rico ; Satizábal, Cristina

Author_Institution

Telematics Eng. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona

fYear

2008

fDate

14-16 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A problem with transaction system which requires an open network to carry out operations using a smart card is that the user does not know which information signs with his smart card. In addition, users do not have any proof about the smart card reader authenticity. Architecture of a trustworthy smart card reader to guarantee the correct operations of the smart card is proposed. A secure coprocessor is integrated inside the smart card reader to provide a safe place in order to store sensitive data and support different system level security services. The design includes a barrier substrate, X-ray sensor, temperature sensor and voltage monitors to detect any attempt of modification.

Keywords

security of data; smart cards; temperature sensors; X-ray sensor; barrier substrate; secure coprocessor; secure smart card reader design; temperature sensor; transaction system; voltage monitors; Authentication; Coprocessors; Cryptography; Design engineering; Microcontrollers; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Smart cards; Temperature sensors; Thyristors; Secure Coprocessor; Smart cards; Tamper resistant;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2008. ISCE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vilamoura

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2422-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2422-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCE.2008.4559492

Filename

4559492