 Within the Internet marketplace, businesses
large and small, can work closer with suppliers and be more responsive to customers. The
types of services that can be delivered on the World Wide Web range from electronic
commerce and homebanking, to intranet/extranet and e-mail. Before there can be a broad
based acceptance of these activities however, network security is required to build the
necessary user confidence and provide the protection businesses and individuals need. With
GemSAFEÔ , Gemplus delivers an easy-to-use smart card-based
solution to secure your network transactions. |
| GemSAFE combines a smart card and a reader with
advanced software to deliver an easy-to-use solution for securing Web site access and the
exchange of email through Microsoft and Netscape Internet and e-mail suites. |
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 "Using GemSAFE, we can
offer our users certified public keys for message authentication and verification of
identity." – Rama Ramanathan, Senior Technical Consultant, Unisys Corp. |
You're Sure it's
Secure
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| The latest standards for web access (SSL3) and
e-mail (S/MIME) allow interoperability for security services between web browsers and
servers, and between e-mail clients. GemSAFE integrates seamlessly with these protocols
and offers the highest level of security for storing your personal identity.
GemSAFE stores and secures your digital identity to prevent misuse and fraud. This is
possible because smart cards ensure confidentiality of transactions with a series of
encrypted keys that protect information on the card. Using public-key cryptography, smart
cards keep confidential information stored in a safer manner within the card than on a PC,
which is vulnerable to hackers. PIN (Personal Identification Number) codes ensure proper
identification while the microprocessor on the card carries out user authentication. |
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"GemSafe is great product
for making digital certificates easy to use with smartcards. This will allow more people
to use smartcard technology for signing and encrypting email, as well as to create new
applications for security on the internet. GemSafe promotes the goals of the ImagineCard
alliance between Gemplus and Hewlett-Packard." - Joe Gersch R&D Manager, HP Smart
Card Center. |
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Peace of mind in your
Pocket
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With the GemSAFE solution, users can store their
identity and confidential information on a smart card, enabling complete portability.
Traveling with your electronic identity in your pocket, you can now simply and securely
access network services with your personal, PIN-protected smart card from any
GemSAFE-equipped PC in the world.
Plug it in, and it worksGemSAFE is designed to be easy to use. You simply
connect the smart card reader to the PC, install the software on a Windows 95Ò or Windows NTÒ -compatible computer
and, after following a few simple instructions, activate the card with a personal
certificate. |
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"We expect the ability to
store identification information and private keys on a portable chip to become critical
for authentication and the safe transmission of data. The GemSAFE smart card is an example
being implemented today." – Judy Cohen, Senior Principal & Director,
Internet and Electronic Commerce, American Management Systems, Inc. |
Technical specifications
Software modules
 Ready for Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.0 and Outlook Express (via CAPI)
Ready for Netscape
Navigator4 and Messenger (via PKCS#11)
Runs on Windows95 and
WindowsNT 4.0 or later.
Online and offline
certification
SSL3 and S/MIME enabled
PC/SC compliant
Smart card
Manufactured to
ISO7816-1, -2, -3, -4 specifications
On-board RSA1024/512
signature and key unwrapping
X509v3 certificate
storage
4
kbytes EEPROM
PC/SC 1.0 compliant
Readers
Read/write all
microprocessor cards manufactured to ISO7816-1-2-3 specifications
Read/write most
synchronous cards
PC/SC 1.0 compliant
Available in North
American and international versions to comply with export regulations. |
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| The GemSAFE kit contains: 1 GemSAFE smart card
1 stand-alone smart card
reader
1 CD-ROM with software
and documentation
1 Quickstart guide
1 Pre-paid downloadable
digital certificate
A GemSAFE evaluation kit is also available.
Just install this kit on your Windows 95 or Windows NT-compatible PC and use your
personal smart card to get access to SSL enabled web servers and send/receive S/MIME
e-mails.
In addition to GemSAFE, Gemplus offers corporations a wide range of Internet-deployment
solutions including consulting, training and personalization services. |
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"We require complete
security for all financial transactions and with GemSAFE, we are assured of the highest
level of online transaction security. GemSAFE smart cards offer stronger user
authentication than traditional password-based solutions. This solution is also applicable
for the wide area of secure messaging and secure access." -- Ralf Woern, Manager
Internet Applications, TeleCash GmbH. |
GemSAFE is a trademark and Gemplus is a registered trademark of Gemplus. All other
trademarks belongs to their respective owners.
