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Smart Cards
By Zoreda and Oton

A very good introduction to writing applications for smart cards. Includes source code for applications used to demonstrate various principles in the book.
Table of Contents
Preface
Ch. 1. Old Cards and New Cards
Ch. 2. Data Storage Cards
Ch. 3. Chip Cards
Ch. 4. Anatomy of a Smart Card
Ch. 5. The Language of Smart Cards
Ch. 6. Programming a Smart Card
Ch. 7. Designing Smart Card Applications
Ch. 8. Applications: The Present
Ch. 9. Applications: New Trends
Appendix A.1 ISO 7816/2 and 7816/3
Appendix A.2 ISO 7816/4 and Related EN Standards
Appendix B Listings of Software Modules Shown in Chapter 6
Glossary
Index

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Smart Card Handbook
By W. Rankl, W. Effing, Rankl Wolfgang

An English translation of a German book, this is one of the better books on smartcards over the last few years.

Publisher Blurb: This timely handbook presents a state-of-the-art overview of the technology from fundamental information processing through design, manufacture and operation of smart card schemes. Aiming to enable the reader to design smart-card based systems, coverage spans architecture and operating systems, data transmission to and from the smart card, the command set, the implementation of security mechanisms and the function of smart card terminals. The author also considers the actual status of the appropriate European (CEN) and International (ISO) standards.

Contents:
Types of Cards
Physical and Electrical Properties
Fundamentals of Information Technology
Operating System Architucture
Data Transmission to the Smart Card
The Instruction Set
Security Methods
Quality Assurance and Testing
Smart Card Manufacturing
Smart Card Terminals
Smart Cards in Electronic Payment Systems
Sample Applications
Application Design
Appendix
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