Difference between revisions of "Belgian ePassport"

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RFID-enabled Passports

ICAO MRTD

Readers

http://wiring.org.co/learning/examples/rfid_reading.html ?

Hacks

Tools

OpenMRTD

library

JMRTD

Java host API & Javacard applet to build your own epassport infrastructure

RFIDIOt

apt-get install python-pyscard
$ ./mrpkey.py -L
PCSC devices:
   No: 0               OMNIKEY CardMan 5x21 00 00
   No: 1               OMNIKEY CardMan 5x21 00 01
$ ./mrpkey.py -r 1 CHECK
mrpkey v0.1n (using RFIDIOt v0.1s)
 Reader: PCSC OMNIKEY CardMan 5x21 00 01
 Device is a Machine Readable Document
$ ./mrpkey.py -r 1 "EXnnnnnn<cBELyymmddcSyymmddc<<<<<<<<<<<<<<cc"

To fix reader number, edit RFIDIOtconfig.py
In MRZ passport number is coded with 9 chars. Belgian uses only 8 chars so some passport readers need a document number padded with char "<" ("EXnnnnnn<")

To use mrpkey under Windows you need:

eCL0WN

Applet for Nokia NFC phone

Belgian ePassports

Characteristics

Current versions demo
Uses Opentrust PKI (former IDX-PKI from idealx)
Price:
- 30€ droit de chancellerie
- taxes communales (Ixelles=26€, Leuven=11€?,...)
- 41€ frais de confection
- Much more expensive if urgent or 64 pages (~250€)

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 * [https://www.checkdoc.be/CheckDoc/index.jsp?currenPage=checkdocument.jsp&choice=checkSecurity&iconDB=02&specific_document=1115&checksecurity_level=2&id_menu=0012 Current versions demo]
 * Uses Opentrust PKI (former IDX-PKI from idealx)
+* Price:
+** 30€ droit de chancellerie
+** taxes communales (Ixelles=26€, Leuven=11€?,...)
+** 41€ frais de confection
+** Much more expensive if urgent or 64 pages (~250€)
 ===Security of Belgian ePassports===
 * http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/10/belgian_epassport_flaws/