Smartcard development with JavaCard and the OpenCard Framework

Today almost all big enterprise applications are
based on multi-tier Client-/Server architectures. In
such scenarios in particular it is very hard to
pinpoint the layer of clients, due to the fact that
the advancement in technology produces a lot of
different potential clients. A web-based client has
been of no importance fifteen years ago, but
certainly is one of the most important today.

This vagueness in the client tier requires a new
approach in concerns of security. The server part of
a Client-/Server architecture needs to be extended in
order to provide secure remote access of mobile
client applications. Password-based systems, as they
happen to exist in the past, are considered to be
insufficient to meet today s security requirements.

Smartcards are widely accepted, have proven to be
secure and technologically mature regarding the
problems mentioned above. JavaCard and the OpenCard
Framework enable the developer to program with a
high-level language on both the smartcard and the
terminal application level.

Autorentext

Marcel Ecks studied Software Engineering at the University of
Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany. He worked as a Software
Engineer at several companies in Canada and Germany. As a Systems
Architect, he is currently working at Werum Software & Systems AG
in Lüneburg, Germany.

Klappentext

Today almost all big enterprise applications are
based on multi-tier Client-/Server architectures. In
such scenarios in particular it is very hard to
pinpoint the layer of clients, due to the fact that
the advancement in technology produces a lot of
different potential clients. A web-based client has
been of no importance fifteen years ago, but
certainly is one of the most important today.

This vagueness in the client tier requires a new
approach in concerns of security. The server part of
a Client-/Server architecture needs to be extended in
order to provide secure remote access of mobile
client applications. Password-based systems, as they
happen to exist in the past, are considered to be
insufficient to meet today's security requirements.

Smartcards are widely accepted, have proven to be
secure and technologically mature regarding the
problems mentioned above. JavaCard(TM) and the OpenCard
Framework enable the developer to program with a
high-level language on both the smartcard and the
terminal application level.