Title :
A security layer for smart card applications authentication
Author :
Elwahab, Amin Abd ; Eldin, Ayman M Bahaa ; Wahba, Ayman M. ; Sheirah, Mohamed A.
Author_Institution :
Comput. & Syst. Eng. Dept., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
This paper briefly describes what is a smart card and its standard authentication schemes. Additionally, this paper provides high level overview of code signing mechanisms, which serve the purpose to ensure the smart card application (possible provided by 3rd Party Application Provider) is genuine and from an authorized provider.
Keywords :
digital signatures; smart cards; 3rd party application provider; authentication scheme; code signing mechanism; security layer; smart card application; Application software; Authentication; Computer interfaces; Cryptography; Digital signatures; Microprocessors; Operating systems; Security; Smart cards; Systems engineering and theory; Application Authentication; Digital Signature; Smart Cards;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Engineering & Systems, 2009. ICCES 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5842-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5843-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCES.2009.5383211
