CONTENTS - Emerald

combining debit and credit card functions it can put all transactions on one statement
and thus save enough tax (and postage) to pay the card fee. However, high merchant
fees remain a problem for Italy's many small shopkeepers and so there is a facility for
the customer to pay the fee.
041117 `Proton pilots set EP scene in Belgium'
Card World International (Dec 94 | Jan 95) p 5
Belgium's electronic purse, Proton, is described. It is aimed at newsagents, taxis,
vending machines, car parks and public transport; the cards can be recharged at ATMs,
but person-to-person transactions are not allowed.
041118 `A new generation of terrestrial and satellite microwave communication
products for military networks'
M Darman, E le Roux, Electrical Communication (Q4 94) pp 359{364
This article describes a family of secure tactical radios manufactured by Alcatel
which support a number of features to prevent eavesdropping, jamming and the abuse
of captured equipment. These include encryption (of both signal and control information),
spread spectrum and remote control.
041119 `A Fast (and Secure) Track to Hypertext'
Data Communications International (Jan 95) pp 112{113
This article describes the Netscape browser products with enhanced security, based
on RSA and a proprietary protocol called Secure Sockets Layer.
041120 `Physiognomic access control'
HDavies, Information Security Monitor v 10 no 3 (Feb 95) pp 5{8
The author describes an access control system developed at Cardi University. At
logon, the user is presented with nine faces, three of which are known to him, and he
must click on these correctly.
041121 `Intrusion Protection for Networks'
JB Dawson, Byte (April 95) pp 171{2
This article reviews a rewall product which lters IP packets according to userde
ned rules and supports a scripting language.
041122 `SCALPS'
JF Dhem, JJ Quisquater, D Veithen, Cardis 94 pp 119{131
The authors describe the fabrication of a smartcard chip in 1.5 CMOS with a
surface area of 11.8mm 2 which can perform 33 512-bit modular multiplications per
second. Is is intended for use in smartcards with the Guillou-Quisquater scheme, with
a view to low value payment applications.
041123 `EDI Security'
T Dosdale, Financial Technology Insight (Nov 94) pp 5{10
The author looks at the EDIFACT security framework and related standards; he
also describes test implementations and likely costs.
041124 `A Universal Memory Card Server'
P Durant, P Ardouin, MJ Papillon, A Gamache, G Lavoie, J Berube, JP Fortin, Cardis
94 pp 133{139
The authors describe a security server developed for use with smartcards in a
portable medical record project in Rimouski, a town of 35,000 inhabitants in Quebec.
The various security management requirements are described; they are similar to those
in a conventional database system.
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