Develop on-chip application - Electronic Passport

Talking about the hottest on-chip applications, Electronic Passport (e-Passport) must be on the list and should be in top 3. Electronic Passport is considered as a "killer app" on smart card. Electronic Passport is standardized by an international organization called "ICAO". Its functions include:

- Basic Access Control (BAC)
- Active Authentication (AA)
- Passive Authentication (PA)

Previously you can download the draft technical document from ICAO website. But now you have to purchase Doc 9303 in order to implement e-Passport.

http://mrtd.icao.int/

Besides, EU had endorsed Extended Access Control (EAC) defined by BSI. BSI EAC defined following mechanisms:

- Chip Authentication
- Terminal Authentication

This standard can be downloaded free from:

http://www.bsi.bund.de/fachthem/epass/EACTR03110_v110.pdf

I have implemented on-chip e-Passport application for several countries. The implementation is in compliance with the ICAO and EU standard and support all the functions described above. Plan to share my experience in this blog. Welcome any question or suggestion on specific topic about ePassport.