On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:24:04 +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer said:
1) Are there any security drawbacks when using smartcards compared with
the normal store key on disc procedure?
Depends on you needs. In general a smart card is better than a
on-disk key. Some people claim that the 1024 bit
Use of smatrcards presents a sociological phenomenon, deserving
further research: unexpectedly large number of computer security
practitioners who don't trust closed source crypto on open hardware
but apparently do trust closed source crypto on closed hardware.
cdr
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:45:21 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres said:
Any pointer to a complete spec on what data's expected to be on the card
and on a external medium? I have access to personalise a smartcard with
any dedicated or elementary file needed and I'd like to give it a try.