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That talk, from Guillaume Barbu, an Oberthur and Telecom ParisTech Ph.D. student, really talks to me, by bringing together two of my favorite discussion topics. The main task is about combined attacks, which sounds really good.
A Java Card 3.0 card has plenty of countemreasures against logical attacks
Context isolation. Objects from an application can’t be accessed [...]
Last night, I was preparing an introduction for the Smart University session on Java Card 3.0, and I was looking for Java Card Forum material that would somehow prove how early the work started on that topic. I was expecting something around 2003-2004. I first noticed that in 2004, we already had a first [...]
I just read that Google Books has a deal with a company for on-demand printing of old books. This is interesting in itself, and I am sure that I will be very happy to print a few books that I really would like to have in my library.
But the thing that really attracted me is [...]
The PlaySIM project is about using a SunSPOT device as a Java Card 3.0-enabled SIM card. It is a collaboration between Sun and Telenor, and as far as I know, it is the first experiment based on Java Card 3.0 performed by a mobile operator.
The interest of this project is to combine the expressive power [...]
I worked on my JavaOne slides today, and I searched for the “java card” keyword on the conference catalog. It returned 6 references, all of course related to Java Card 3.0. And on top of it, the content is rather diverse. Of course, you will get a few basic talks:
Step-by-Step Development of an Application for [...]
You may have noticed that I have added Google Ads to this blog. Well, it’s the crisis, and you never know, it may bring in a few extra bucks. Of course, I know that I don’t have millions of readers, so this is not the only motivation.
I have been busy in the past week preparing [...]
The Java Card Forum has just posted a promotional video for Java Card 3, featuring me. Not much new to learn, just in video.
This edition of Cartes definitely is a good one for Java Card 3.0. After Gemalto, it is now Oberthur Technologies’ turn to get a Sesames for a product based on Java Card 3.0. This time, it is a SIM oriented product, which Oberthur describes as follows (in French):
Sésame de la meilleure application Mobile, GIGANTIC WUAOW [...]
Today marks the beginning of our annual fair, when the entire smart card industry gathers in Paris for the Cartes event. Like usual, this event started with the Sesames award, and this year, Gemalto only got one (usually, they get several).
But this Sesames is not like the previous ones, because it is named Smart Card [...]
It is the last day of e-Smart, and I am on the stage, in the Java Card 3.0 session.
Brian Kowal, is Sun’s latest marketing person for Java Card, and he is giving the keynote. Here are a few snippets from his presentation.
First, a few numbers (I always have problems getting up-to-date numbers, so let’s write [...]
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