SCALPS: Smart card for limited payment systems

Author

Dhem, Jean-François ; Veithen, Deniel ; Quisquater, Jean-Jacques

Author_Institution

Lab. de Microelectron., Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

51

Abstract

Secure money-transfer cards continue to find acceptance in commerce. Currently, three main types of these cards coexist: magnetic stripe, mass memory, and smart. We describe another approach: merging the processor and coprocessor on a small chip dedicated to public-key cryptography. We added parts needed to obtain a low-cost smart card compatible with the ISO 7816-3 standard. By developing the processor for specific applications, we drastically reduced the complexity without affecting the chip´s usefulness. To prove the feasibility of such a chip, we built one for use in a payment application with prepaid tokens

Keywords

EFTS; financial data processing; public key cryptography; smart cards; ISO 7816-3; SCALPS; limited payment systems; money-transfer cards; payment application; public-key cryptography; smart card; Access protocols; Authentication; Cryptographic protocols; Financial management; Information retrieval; Memory management; Scalp; Smart cards; Telecommunications; Waste management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/40.502405

Filename

502405