2007年12月20日 星期四

Hong Kong Electronic Passport (e-Passport)

My first contactless chip project is Hong Kong Electronic Passport. HKSAR e-Passprot was introduced on 2 Feburary 2007. Press release http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/20070101.htm
Some of security features and characteristics can be found here: http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/traveldoc/hksarpassport/characteristics.htm

The chip platform is MULTOS. The on-chip application is ICAO compliant and had been undergone interoperability tests with other e-Passport readers during the interoperability test in Berlin.

The on-chip application can also support Extended Access Control (EAC) defined by BSI which was endorsed by EU. ICAO supports the further development of EAC based on the EU EAC.