Smartcard

Standards for smartcards

• FIPS 201.
• NIST SP 800-78 (Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for PIV).
• X.509 Certificate for Digital Signature.
• X.509 Certificate for Key Management.
• X.509 Certificate for Card Authentication.
• Card Capability Container.
• Cardholder Unique Identifier.
• X.509 Certificate for PIV Authentication.
• Cardholder Fingerprints.
• Security Object.
• Cardholder Facial Image.
• Printed Information.

United States federal government standard that specifies Personal Identity Verification (PIV) requirements for Federal employees and contractors.

• http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/piv/index.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_201

Driver for smartcards

Windows:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/default.mspx

Smart Card Devices - Architecture and Driver Support

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/usb_ccid.mspx

Microsoft Class Drivers for USB CCID Smart Cards

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee484819.aspx

USB CCID Smart Card Reader Class Driver with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2, Windows Embedded CE

Smart Card Minidriver:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/sc-minidriver.mspx

Smart Card Minidriver Specification

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976832

Error message when you insert a smart card in a reader on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer: "Device driver software was not successfully installed"