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Net 2.0 Card

The Gemalto .NET smart card works as a seamless companion to the Microsoft .NET environment and service-oriented architectures. It runs a streamlined version of the .NET Framework to provide Protiva two-factor authentication, full cryptographic capabilities and support for on-card applications and services seamlessly within the Windows® environment. Now, organizations can easily leverage Gemalto's advanced smart card technology to secure their networks from end to end while dramatically reducing implementation costs and complexity.

By extending the Microsoft .NET programming model to the smart card, this innovative new Gemalto product offers businesses and application developers a rich feature set including managed memory, strong security, and language independence.

Net 2.0 CardIn the past, smart card vendors made and maintained a monolithic Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) for their own smart cards. Vendors had to write complete, custom, software CSPs to enable smart card scenarios for their cards.

The new Windows Smart Card Framework architecture is layered to separate the basic required cryptography components at the top from the unique smart card hardware interfaces at the bottom; the unique hardware-specific interface for a given smart card receives the name of Minidriver (formerly called Card Module) and takes the form of a Dynamic Link Library (dll). Minidrivers leverage the common cryptographic components now included in the Windows platform.

This new architecture has been implemented in the Crypto API Next Generation (CNG) as part of the Microsoft Windows VistaTM OS, and is called the Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider (KSP).

The smart card interacts easily with host applications without the need for complicated host software, and is fully integrated with the Windows environment

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Standards

  • ISO 7816-1-2-3-4 (partial)
  • ECMA 335

File System

  • Role-based access control
  • Enables assembly and data separation
  • Enables assembly update with data preservation and secure data storage

Application Development

  • .NET compatible and programming language independent
  • 75KB expandable to 90KB memory available for applications
  • Legacy compatible application development
  • Gemalto .NET SDK available: Comprehensive development environment; integrated with Visual Studio .NET
  • On-card XML parser
  • Support for int-64

On-board Applications

  • Card Module assembly, compatible with Microsoft SC Base CSP
  • Protiva OATH One Time password assembly onboard

Cryptographic Capabilities

  • RSA signature and verification up to 2048-bit keys
  • DES, 3-DES (CBC, EBC), AES, HMAC, SHA1, SHA2 and MD5
  • Customisable authentication framework and secure channel capabilities

Security

  • Off-card application verification integrated in tool chain
  • On-card verifier to check type structural integrity and type safety of applications
  • Only strong-name signed assembles can be loaded ensuring integrity and authenticity

Communications

  • Standard I/O transfer speed up to 223 Kbps
  • Negotiable PPS
  • T=0 protocol
  • .NET remoting
  • SConnect

Silicon Features

  • 32-bit micro-controller in advanced CMOS technology
  • Cryptographic co-processor for faster RSA and 3-DES
  • True random number generator

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