Trusted Networking and Identity Management

Abstract

This thesis presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a new smart card operating system for highly secure applications. The thesis con- sists of seven chapters besides the table of contents, list of gures and abbre- viations, references and appendix. The thesis chapters are brie y presented hereafter: Chapter one: Introduction This chapter starts with presenting the motivation behind this research work. Smart cards are considered one of the main components of trusted networks and identity management systems, this is because smart cards are the main security provider for these critical systems. The chapter gives a brief description of what this thesis includes, to help reader with a better follow up. The chapter ends with giving the main contributions of this research