Smart card security

Abstract

In this chapter, a description of the various attacks and countermeasures that apply to secure smart card applications is described. This chapter focuses on the attacks that could affect cryptographic algorithms, since the security of many applications is dependent on the security of these algorithms. Nevertheless, how these attacks can be applied to other security mechanisms is also described. The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate that a careful evaluation of embedded software is required to produce a secure smart card application.