METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD USER'S PERSONAL CODE

摘要

The invention concerns a method for authenticating a user's personal code in an integrated circuit card received in a reader equipped with a keyboard and connected to a computer, and capable of admitting at least one type of card. Said method consists in: transmitting from the computer to the reader formatting instructions corresponding to the card type and a command for authenticating said code; verifying the authentication command in the reader; for a matching authentication command, set the reader in secure mode; input the code on the reader keyboard and formatting the input code; transmitting to the card integrated circuit the formatted code and the authentication command thereof.