In today's world smart cards play a more important role every day. We encounter them as credit
cards loyalty cards electronic purses health cards and as secure tokens for authentication
or digital signatures. Their small size and the form factor compatible with the magnetic strip
card make them the ideal carrier for personal information like secret keys passwords
customization profiles and medical emergency information. This book presents a road map for
rapid development of smart card applications using Java and OpenCard Framework. It provides all
the information necessary to understand how a smart card works and what you have to know about
it. It shows in detail how to develop an application that accesses smart cards by guiding you
through an example application. A smart card provided with the book will help the reader to
quickly get some first hands-on experience. Systemvoraussetzungen: PC including smart card
reader.
