However, this advantage is there only because there are so few smart cards, and so few smart card enabled applications, around.
A software only, networked smart card would solve the chicken and egg problem. One such solution is Tamper resistant method and apparatus, [Ellison], USPTO 6,073,237 (Do a patent number search at http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html)
Carl invented this as an alternative to Smartcards back in the SET development days.
Pat
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