Method and apparatus for securing communications between a smartcard and a terminal

A method comprising:

• issuing a command to initiate a local link transport layer protection protocol session between a terminal and one of a smartcard and a smartcard reader;
• participating in a handshake process between the terminal and one of the smartcard and the smartcard reader, the handshake process including mutual authentication;
• and
• receiving data from one of the smartcard and the smartcard reader via a trusted tunnel after successful completion of the handshake process.

A machine-accessible medium storing data that, when accessed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• initiate a local link transport layer protection protocol session between a terminal and one of a smartcard and a smartcard reader;
• participate in a handshake process between the terminal and one of the smartcard and the smartcard reader, the handshake process including mutual authentication;
• and
• receive data from one of the smartcard and the smartcard reader via a trusted tunnel after successful completion of the handshake process.

A machine-accessible medium storing data that, when accessed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• receive a command to initiate a local link transport layer protection protocol session between a terminal and one of a smartcard and a smartcard reader;
• participate in a handshake process between the terminal and one of the smartcard and the smartcard reader, the handshake process including mutual authentication;
• and
• provide data from one of the smartcard and the smartcard reader to the terminal via a trusted tunnel after successful completion of the handshake process.