Smart Cards

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by the Estonian Institute of Cybernetics (1995)

i) An intelligent smart card contains a central processing unit - a CPU- that actually has the ability not only to store and secure information, but to make decisions as required. Because intelligent cards offer a "read/write" capability, new information can be added and processed. Different types of applications can be supported and will allow for new applications to be added to it. It will also maintain security "firewalls" between them. This type of card, for example, has already been adopted by 60,000 staff and students at the University of Michigan, making use of both a chip and magnetic stripe. Their cards contain a number of features such as personal identification, dormitory security, banking details and library services.

ii) The second type of card is often called a memory card. Memory cards are primarily information storage cards that contain a stored value which the user can "spend". These cards may be used in a ...

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most organisations (including UNN) predominantly use their products already. The cost is around £1.50 a card. I would also suggest that there should be at least one card reader in each department in order to avoid crowding and congestion in a particular area of the campus. The cost per reader is approximately £40. By using Microsoft Smart Card there is no need to replace the existing system infrastructure as it works with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000. Microsoft (1999). Again, these are systems already used by UNN.

Staff will be required to enter the relevant data onto the system using a computer before being relayed to each of the meters on campus. It may be ...

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