The discussions in the Java Card Forum, and between Sun and its licensees are of course private and confidential, but there have been several presentations (including the presentation by Thierry Violleau at e-Smart [VR06]) about this topic. Everybody can therefore derive that the next release of Java Card will define a smart card as some […]
Category Archives: Discussions
e-Smart plenary session
e-Smart, day 2. This panel discussion was very promising, especially because of its host, Bertrand Ducastel, who recently left the smart card industry to return to Schlumberger’s petroleum services. The panelists were: DBo: Dominique Bolignano, CEO, Trusted Logic JF: Jerry Fishenden, Nat’l Technology Officer, Microsoft UK CG: Christian Goire, Gemalto, and President, Java Card Forum […]
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 […]
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 […]
Java Card cards are less secure than native cards
This argument is often used by Java Card foes, often in conjunction to the “Java Card is slow” argument. The statement is effective, because most people don’t even bother to look deeper into its meaning. Here, we do not look at detailed figures and analyses, but we do look at possible reasons why this statement […]
Topics
Anyone who knows me also knows that I am almost permanently ready to start a discussion on about about everything. For now, the discussion topics on this blog will fit mostly in two categories: Idées reçues. A French locution which does not translate well. The best translation I found is “cliché”, which does not quie […]