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USB TokensUSB TokensThe Reader-less Smart CardThe Reader-less Smart Card

Bill BialickBill Bialick

SPYRUSSPYRUS

2© 2001 SPYRUS, Inc.

USBUSB

The Universal Serial Bus was originally developed in 1995 by a number of leaders in the PC industry including Intel and Microsoft.

The major goal of USB was to define an external expansion bus which makes adding peripherals to a PC as easy as hooking up a "telephone to a wall-jack." The program's driving goals were ease of use and low cost.

Highlights: PC host controller hardware and software Robust connectors and cable assemblies Peripheral friendly master-slave protocols Expansion via multi-port hubs


Market ForecastsMarket Forecasts

According to market researcher Dataquest (San Jose, Calif.), the microprocessor and memory based smart card market will grow from 544 million units in 1995 to 3.4 billion units by 2001. (Dataquest, 408-468-8206)

A market study released in March 1998 by research firm Dataquest Inc., projected that 100 percent of PC shipments in 2001 will be USB-compatible units, and that the installed base of USB-compatible PCs will exceed 500 million by then. That represents nearly 300 percent growth over the 1998 figure of 136 million USB-equipped PCs, according to Dataquest.

According to Andrew Prophet Research and Consulting (http://www.apresearch.com), last year over 4.5 million PCs were shipped with a PC Card slot. In 1999, just three years from now, there will be more than 29 million platforms shipped with PC Card slots, representing 88% of all portable computing devices. Over 20 million cards will ship this year, and over 33 million cards will be shipped in 1997.


Smart CardSmart Card

According to market researcher Dataquest (San Jose, Calif.), the microprocessor and memory based smart card market will grow from 544 million units in 1995 to 3.4 billion units by 2001.

According to the market-research firm Dataquest (San Jose, Calif.), 90 percent of worldwide integrated-chip-card shipments went to Europe in 1995, while only 2 percent headed to the Americas. By the year 2001, Europe is expected to account for only 40 percent of these shipments, while Asia will command 25 percent and the Americas 20 percent.

Until 2004, ISO 7618 IC smart cards will remain one of several hardware token types used for secure access within enterprises and on bounded extranets (0.8 probability). (Gartner Group 9/17/99)


USBUSB

A market study released in March 1998 by research firm Dataquest Inc., projected that 100 percent of PC shipments in 2001 will be USB-compatible units, and that the installed base of USB-compatible PCs will exceed 500 million by then. That represents nearly 300 percent growth over the 1998 figure of 136 million USB-equipped PCs, according to Dataquest.

In 2002, nearly 400 million PC peripherals supporting the Universal Serial Bus (USB) will represent a market of more than $1 billion, according to market-research company In-Stat. "USB will be the primary connection for human-interface ICs and peripherals," says Scott Hudson, senior analyst for Cahners In-Stat Group's PC Technology Service. "Because you can integrate USB technology into microcontrollers and other ICs, new competition with potential market shift will occur."


USB Pros and ConsUSB Pros and Cons

Pros No IRQ or memory window constraints Supports up to 127 devices Faster

USB 1.1 (12 Mbits/s) USB 2.0 (480 Mbits/s)

Parallel and Serial devices being removed from newer notebooks

Cons No Microsoft support for Windows NT Very limited support for Windows 95 Connectors are often on the back of the PC


The Need for SpeedThe Need for Speed

Serial port: 115kbits/s (.115Mbits/s)Standard parallel port: 115kBYTES/s (.115MBYTES/s)USB 1.1: 12Mbits/s (1.5MBYTES/s)ECP/EPP parallel port: 3MBYTES/sIDE: 3.3-16.7MBYTES/sSCSI-1: 5MBYTES/sSCSI-2 (Fast SCSI, Fast Narrow SCSI): 10MBYTES/sFast Wide SCSI (Wide SCSI): 20MBYTES/sUltra SCSI (SCSI-3, Fast-20, Ultra Narrow): 20MBYTES/sUltraIDE: 33MBYTES/sWide Ultra SCSI (Fast Wide 20): 40MBYTES/sUltra2 SCSI: 40MBYTES/sIEEE-1394: 100-400Mbits/s (12.5--50MBYTES/s)USB 2.0: 480Mbits/sWide Ultra2 SCSI: 80MBYTES/sUltra3 SCSI: 80MBYTES/sWide Ultra3 SCSI: 160MBYTES/sFC-AL Fiber Channel: 100-400MBYTES/s


USB Crypto TokensUSB Crypto Tokens

New type of USB deviceHybrid of smart card and USB deviceDirect connect

USB devices are typically connected via a cable Board mounted USB connectors are not USB

certified yet Often requires an A-to-A extension cable

Not approved by USB organization


Example Device: Rosetta USBExample Device: Rosetta USB

USB 1.1 interface

Internal LED forvisual status

Sturdy key-ring holeFIPS 140-1 Level 3 Design


Drive for USB TokensDrive for USB Tokens

Lower deployment costsNo reader requiredEasier install

More functionality possible than smart card

Durability More rugged if unit encapsulated


Rosetta USB FeaturesRosetta USB Features

Uses same SPYCOS chip as Rosetta Smart CardHigh Assurance

FIPS 140-1 Certified

Algorithm Agile RSA, DSA, DES, 3DES, etc.

Standards Support


High AssuranceHigh Assurance

FIPS 140-1 Level 2 Certified ITSEC E4 High certified processor DPA Resistant

Prevents exploitation of private keys through timing or power analysis

NSA tested SPYCOS chip for 6 weeks


Middleware is necessary to provide the glue between an application and the tokenPKCS#11 Support

Netscape Browser and Mail

CSP Support IE 5, Outlook 98+, Win 2000 Smart Card Logon

Plug and Play?Plug and Play?

SPEX/ Library

PKCS#11 CSP

SWF

APPLICATION


SummarySummary

USB Security Tokens Offer:High Assurance

FIPS 140-1 ITSEC Common Criteria

Lower Deployment CostsMore DurableInteroperable

Thank YouThank You

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