Anyone know what kind of encryption they will be using... ------------------------------------------------------------------ HP builds security for smartcard shopping ========================================= Hewlett-Packard is bidding for US government approval for a worldwide cryptographic framework, which is being to provide a security for a joint smartcard project with Gemplus and Informix. The three companies plan to develop a secure personal information card system, with which businesses can deliver services including Internet-based transactions to consumers. The encrypted cards will carry several thousand times the amount of data on current smartcards and will (pending US export approvals) be usable anywhere in the world. HP is providing server, encryption, middleware and networking technologies. Gemplus will provide advanced smart-card tech- nology. Database and middleware technologies will come from Informix. The alliance was launched at Telecom 95. HP's proposed non-user-accessible cryptography is the first element in an international open cryptography framework, with which it hopes to deliver security technology compliant with US export regulations.