Richard, >I don't really see devices with specifications such >as described in this URL as being any more suited for >financial cryptography than the average virus-infected Windows >PC - more part of an untrusted Internet over which >secure messages can be transmitted given an appropriate >Public Key Infrastructure than secure end devices >suitable for generating or decrypting and verifying said messages.
The actual device shown is probably as you describe. But PXA270 is a part of the Trusted Computing Platform concept and will *when implemented* seriously challenge "secure end devices" not only feature-wise but also from a security perspective. From a session I will hold at the Wireless Connectivity Word in Amsterdam RAI the 8:th of June 2004 I take this PPT picture: Wireless - Eliminates card "skimming" as there is no direct contact between phone and receiver Display - Alerts the user in a uniform way when a secure operation is to be performed Keyboard - PIN-codes never leave the mobile device Crypto - Intel's PXA270 shows the way ahead Usage - Typically always carried around by the user who regard their mobile devices as ever more valuable This is "FINREAD" but in a much more useful format. Anders
