On 2012-10-02 06:36, Frank Cusack wrote: . > I've already seen a smartcard that hosts a battery, a display and a > button in a standard ISO form factor (it uses the sc chip to henerate an > OTP every time the key is pressed), so 'technically' we're quite near to > a card that shows anamount to be authorized and a "blinding factor" for > the PIN (5 digits, to be added one-to one to the actual PIN, so snooping > the keyboard is useless), or even having an integrated pinpad to enter > the PIN w/o relying on an external device. > > > Sure. I built [prototypes of] such a card 6+ years ago, minus the PINpad. > There are at least 2 vendors of such cards today, and at least one vendor of > a card that includes a PINpad. $$$ and very niche. Also, no one really > wants to use such a card. > > So there's no question it can be built in USB form factor. But I don't > believe there are any customers and so the product is not actually shipping. > It would take the first customer to commit, before they built it. > > Someone here must be on a first-name-basis with someone at Feitian?
The lack of usable enrollment schemes for smart cards make them a poor choice for mass markets like phones. It was fun as long as it lasted as I say :-) Android 6 and iPhone 7 won't even have SIM-card slots. Anders > > > _______________________________________________ > opensc-devel mailing list > opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org > http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel > _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
