Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
Nick Schooler2023-06-30T13:39:03-07:00EdDSA (Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm) is a public-key cryptography signature scheme based on the mathematics of elliptic curves. It
Basic Access Protection (BAP)
Nick Schooler2023-01-27T11:15:35-08:00Basic Access Protection (BAP) mechanism to confirm that an inspection system (IS) has physical access to a proximity integrated
Message-Digest Algorithm (MD5)
Nick Schooler2022-10-07T09:32:52-07:00The MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm) hashing algorithm is a one-way cryptographic function that accepts a message of any length as
Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE)
Nick Schooler2022-09-26T13:21:45-07:00Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE) describes a password-based authentication and key agreement procedure that ensures that the contactless RF chip in
Match-off-Card
Nick Schooler2022-09-09T15:12:18-07:00Match-off-card or Match-on-Termial is a smart card and biometric implementation where an enrolled template is initially loaded onto the smart
Root of Trust (RoT)
Nick Schooler2022-08-02T12:17:21-07:00Root of Trust (RoT) is a source that can always be trusted within a cryptographic system. RoT contains highly reliable
Wiegand
Nick Schooler2022-06-30T13:00:52-07:00The Wiegand interface is a de facto wiring standard which arose from the popularity of Wiegand effect card readers in the 1980s. Wiegand is a
Smart Card Reader
Nick Schooler2021-11-30T13:21:12-08:00A smart card reader is a device that is used to read a smart card. A smart card is
Symmetric-Key Infrastructure (SKI)
Nick Schooler2021-10-20T15:08:32-07:00Symmetric-Key Infrastructure (SKI) is a symmetric key authentication protocol which aims to provide an authentication infrastructure not unlike PKI (Public
Purchase Secure Access Module (PSAM)
Nick Schooler2022-08-09T10:50:46-07:00A Purchase Secure Access Module (PSAM) card is a terminal security control module that ensures data security in an offline