ald Vogt wrote:
>
> One contact address is:
>
> Bank-Verlag Koeln
> Melatenguertel 113
> D-50825 Koeln
> Germany
>
> http://www.bank-verlag.de/
>
> From what I know I can say that in order to obtain a copy of the spec,
> you are required to sign a pretty restrictive NDA. Furthermore, it
> is probably not free (a few hundred DM).
I've noticed this quite a bit when dealing with card vendors. Can anyone
explain why a document describing the APDUs necessary to transact with a
card are considered proprietary? If you believe the premise of smart card
technology that the card can be a secure storage medium for secrets and
that the card can defend itself against attacks, what would be the problem
of allowing the APDU information to be known?
mike
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