Smart Card Handbook, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

~ Wolfgang Rankl (Author), (Author) "As already mentioned in the Introduction, Smart Cards are the youngest member of the family of identification cards using the ID-1 format, which is defined..." (more)
Key Phrases: downloadable program code, implicit file selection, free memory management, Java Card, German Eurocheque, Coding Remarks (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Fifteen minutes with this book solved a problem they had been working on for a couple of days...Highly recommended!" (CVu, April 2002)

"There is a lot of useful information in this book and as a practising engineer I found it fascinating" (Measurement & Control, April 2002)

"…a very worthwhile book…" (Software World)

 

Product Description

Thoroughly revised and updated, this book is the most important reference for people working in the fast-moving smart card industry. New sections on Java, digital signatures, SQL, and the new PC smart card standard from Microsoft are included. Recent developments on electronic commerce and internet payments are discussed. Readers will also find smart card simulation software and relevant Web addresses on the book's ftp site.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 774 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (September 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471988758
• ISBN-13: 978-0471988755
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,766,792 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book (considering a lack of competition <g>), November 1, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Smart Card Handbook (Paperback)

A fairly extensive overview of the smart card technology, covering issues ranging from its history to the hardware, communication protocols, programming, and business uses. Another plus is that this book is the only one that can be found in stores. The book contains a tear-off post card with an offer of free Smart Card emulation software for PC/Windows3.1/95 (Not NT). On the negative side: it is a translation from German and a rather poor one. If you can read German, go for the original <g>. Also, it is heavily "European", there isn't much about what happens in the US. The price is a bit on the high side, too (a typical store price, including taxes, is about $100, but that's nothing new for Wiley.) The tear-off card, for some reason must be mailed to England (like there isn't a Wiley office somewhere in the US.) Besides, I thought for $100 a disk with the smart card emulator program could have been included.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This books is worth its price ... technically sound, March 20, 2006

By	Anshuman Sinha (Boca Raton, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smart Card Handbook (Hardcover)

Technically sound contents, deep review and knowledge, no beating around the bush. A must reference for engineers who work with smartcards, its application and develop related systems. This book covers broad range of topics within smartcard technology. It is worth the price.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SmartCard Bible, August 1, 2003

By	Dmitry Vostokov (Monkstown, Co. Dublin Ireland) - See all my reviews

This is really a bible. It includes everthing you need to know about smart cards. If you can read German order the new edition of "Handbuch der Chipkarten" that was published in September 2002. However if you are new to that field or starting to develop or maintain desktop applications that use smartcards and you need quick introduction to smartcards' inner details you should buy "SmartCards, the Developer's Toolkit, 2nd edition".