Category Archives: Open issues

Unresolved issues about the Java Card specification, for which several interpretations exist.

e-passport security

There have been several posts on Bruce Schneier’s blog about e-passports, including a recent one. Bruce’s views are interesting, and he raises interesting issues about RFID on passports. On the other hand, the comments posted on this post and related ones, show that there are lots of misunderstandings about the technology. Of course, this is […]

September 19, 2006 – 13:18 | By Eric Vétillard | Posted in Applications, Identity, News, Open issues, Security | Comments (1)

Exception handling in install

The JCRE specification does not describe how the exceptions thrown from the install command should be handled. The reason for this is that these exceptions are supposed to be handled by an installer application, and the JCRE specification (¶11.1.5)explicitly states: Java Card RE implementers shall also define other behaviors of their Installer, including (…) what […]

September 5, 2006 – 22:25 | By Eric Vétillard | Posted in Framework, Open issues | Comments (0)