Hello Mr. Lee,
My first idea is like this. After several years with the smart card
technology, I know reasons.
(1) Human being. People like credit card, some new technologies may be
credit card size.
(2) Pro-Active Component. Floppies & CD-ROMs, are passive components.
Smart cards (CPU card) are active components when powered.
Lawrence Chan
Asian Identification Systems Ltd.
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From: Antranig Basman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [OCF] Why not floppies or CD-ROMs?
> Lee Seng Chee wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Why interface smartcards to PCs when floppies or CD-ROMs, with Java
> > enryption technology, can be used in place of smartcards. No need for
> > additional hardware like smartcard readers, and the unit cost is lower?
> >
> > Or am I asking a stupid question?
>
> I'm sure someone will give the answer shortly, but the important property
> of a smartcard is that your private key is kept safe. On a floppy or
CDROM,
> anyone could read it, unless it was encrypted with another private key,
> which would have to be stored somewhere else etc... and hence make a
> duplicate. A smartcard cannot be duplicated, if it does not want to be.
> One could argue that a password or passphrase could substitute for a
> private key, but the combination of "something you know" and "something
> you have" makes for a more secure solution than either separately.
>
> Antranig.
>
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