> I wonder how many smart card manufacturers would be willing
> to give their source code to any government that requested it as
> Microsoft is doing with their source code.

Jean-Luc Giraud notes ...

>>> Doesn't it already happen for CC evaluations (at least to some extent)?

AFAIK, no.  What is submitted is a formal description of some sort 
with the sort depending on the level of CC you are going for.  There
is no cross-check that there is any software anywhere that matches 
the formal description let alone the software that is actually in the card 
that you hold.
 
And even if the software in the card you hold did conform to the
formal CC description, there is no cross-check that there isn't additional
software in the card.
 
Bottom line is that nobody but the card manufacturer knows the
actual software load in the card and judging from the quality of 
smart card software on the market at times they have only a tenuous 
grasp.
 
My point is that smart card software should be as transparent as
cryptographic algorithms and that the card issuer and the card
holder should have some means to assure themselves that what
is in the actual card in their hand conforms to these descriptions.
 
I do not buy the "secret sauce" argument.
 
Cheers, Scott

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