Mobile microSD Security From Certgate
Koolspan introduced a microSD card with encryption technology for voice telecommunications and today Certgate introduces encryption technology for data transactions through an integrated smart card chip they’ve developed.- smart cards usage for windows mobile applications via device microSD, miniSD, SD slot
- smart cards usage for windows desktop/notebook applications via a USB-card reader/-writer or via ActiveSync directly in the mobile device microSD, miniSD, SD slot
- 8 general purpose slots on smart card; each of them can be loaded with certificate, public and private key
- certificate, public and private key (RSA 2048 bit) upload to smart card
- on-card secure key generation (RSA 2048 bit)
- on-card secure signature generation with private key (RSA, PKCS#1.5 padding)
- on-card secure public key encryption / private key decryption (RSA, no padding)
- on-card secure random number generator; user accessible
- 2 kind of card access level (UserPIN for using private keys; Admin-PIN to personalize smart card); if the administrator overwrites UserPIN all on-card data will be erased
Tags: certgate, koolspan, MicroSD
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Mark McCrosky
Kicking around in technology since 2002. I like to write about technology products and ideas, but at the consumer level understanding. Some tech, but not too techie.
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