ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013

Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards — Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange

ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013 is intended to be used in any sector of activity. It specifies: a) contents of command-response pairs exchanged at the interface, b) means of retrieval of data elements and data objects in the card, c) structures and contents of historical bytes to describe operating characteristics of the card, d) structures for applications and data in the card, as seen at the interface when processing commands, e) access methods to files and data in the card, f) a security architecture defining access rights to files and data in the card, g) means and mechanisms for identifying and addressing applications in the card, h) methods for secure messaging, i) access methods to the algorithms processed by the card. It does not describe these algorithms. It does not cover the internal implementation within the card or the outside world. ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013 is independent from the physical interface technology. It applies to cards accessed by one or more of the following methods: contacts, close coupling and radio frequency. If the card supports simultaneous use of more than one physical interface, the relationship between what happens on different physical interfaces is out of the scope of ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013.

Cartes d'identification — Cartes à circuit intégré — Partie 4: Organisation, sécurité et commandes pour les échanges

Identifikacijski dokumenti - Kartice z integriranim vezjem - 4. del: Organizacija, varovanje in ukazi za izmenjavo

Ta del standarda ISO/IEC 7816 je namenjen za uporabo v katerem koli sektorju dejavnosti. Določa:
 vsebine parov ukaz-odziv, izmenjane v vmesniku,
 sredstva za pridobivanje podatkovnih elementov in podatkovnih objektov v kartici,
 strukture in vsebine preteklih bajtov za opis operativnih značilnosti kartice,
 strukture za aplikacije in podatke v kartici, kot so videti v vmesniku ob obdelavi ukazov,
 metode dostopa do datotek in podatkov na kartici,
 varnostno arhitekturo, ki določa pravice dostopa do datotek in podatkov na kartici,
 sredstva in mehanizme za identificiranje in obravnavo aplikacij na kartici,
 metode za varno sporočanje,
 metode dostopa do algoritmov, ki se obdelajo s kartico. Teh algoritmov ne opisuje.
Ne zajema notranje izvedbe v kartici ali v okolju.
Ta del standarda ISO/IEC 7816 je neodvisen od fizične vmesniške tehnologije. Uporablja se za kartice, do katerih se dostopa z eno ali več naslednjih metod: stiki, bližinsko spajanje in radiofrekvenca. Če kartica podpira hkratno uporabo več fizičnih vmesnikov, je odnos med tem, kar se zgodi na različnih fizičnih vmesnikih, zunaj področja uporabe te izdaje standarda ISO/IEC 7816-4.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 03-Apr-2013
• Withdrawal Date: 03-Apr-2013
• ICS: 35.240.15 - Identification cards. Chip cards. Biometrics
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 - Cards and security devices for personal identification
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17/WG 4 - Generic interfaces and protocols for security devices
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 27-May-2020
• Ref Project: SIST ISO/IEC 7816-4:2018 - Identification cards -- Integrated circuit cards -- Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2020 - Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards — Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange
• Effective Date: 23-Apr-2020
• Amended By: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013/Amd 1:2018 - Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards — Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange — Amendment 1: Multiple record handling
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2022
• Amended By: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013/Amd 2:2018 - Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards — Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange — Amendment 2: Waiting time management
• Effective Date: 08-Jan-2022
• Revises: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2005/Amd 1:2008 - Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards — Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange — Amendment 1: Record activation and deactivation
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2009
• Revises: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2005 - Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards — Part 4: Organization, security and commands for interchange
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2009

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 7816-4
Third edition
2013-04-15


Identification cards — Integrated circuit
cards —
Part 4:
Organization, security and commands for
interchange
Cartes d'identification — Cartes à circuit intégré —
Partie 4: Organisation, sécurité et commandes pour les échanges




Reference number
ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013(E)
©
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Contents Page
Foreword . vii
Introduction . viii
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 2
4  Symbols and abbreviated terms . 7
5  Command-Response pairs . 8
5.1  Conditions of operation . 8
5.2  Syntax . 9
5.3  Chaining procedures . 10
5.3.1  General . 10
5.3.2  Payload fragmentation . 10
5.3.3  Command chaining . 10
5.3.4  Response chaining . 11
5.4  Class byte . 12
5.4.1  Coding . 12
5.4.2  Logical channels . 13
5.5  Instruction byte . 14
5.6  Status bytes . 14
6  Data objects . 17
6.1  SIMPLE-TLV data objects . 18
6.2  BER-TLV data objects . 18
6.3  Constructed DOs versus primitive DOs . 18
7  Structures for applications and data . 19
7.1  Available structures . 19
7.2  Validity area . 20
7.2.1  Definitions and attributes . 20
7.2.2  Basic rules for VA handling and use . 20
7.3  Structure selection . 21
7.3.1  Structure selection methods . 21
7.3.2  File reference data element and DO . 22
7.3.3  General reference data element and DO . 23
7.3.4  Data referencing methods in elementary files . 23
7.4  File and data control information . 23
7.4.1  File control information retrieval . 23
7.4.2  Data control information retrieval . 24
7.4.3  Control parameters . 24
7.4.4  Short EF identifier . 26
7.4.5  File descriptor byte . 26
7.4.6  Profile indicator . 27
7.4.7  Data descriptor byte . 27
7.4.8  DF and EF list data elements . 27
7.4.9  Instance number data element . 28
7.4.10  Life cycle status . 28
7.4.11  Indirect referencing by short EF identifier using DO'A2' . 28
7.4.12  Interface and life cycle status dependent security attribute template . 29
8  Specific use of DOs and related concepts. 30
8.1  BER-TLV payloads and padding . 30
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8.1.1  Padding conditions.30
8.1.2  Padding procedure .30
8.2  Current template and data object generations .31
8.2.1  Current template and current DO .31
8.2.2  Template extension .31
8.2.3  Data object sub-tree .31
8.2.4  Data object life cycle .32
8.3  Identification of data elements and data objects .32
8.3.1  Principles .32
8.3.2  Tag interpretation in command and response data fields or payloads .32
8.3.3  Tag allocation .32
8.3.4  Standard tag allocation scheme .33
8.3.5  Compatible tag allocation scheme .33
8.3.6  Coexistent tag allocation scheme .34
8.3.7  Avoidance of independent tag allocation schemes .34
8.4  Referencing and retrieval of DOs and data elements .34
8.4.1  General .34
8.4.2  Element list .35
8.4.3  Tag list .35
8.4.4  Header list .35
8.4.5  Extended header and extended header list .35
8.4.6  Resolving an extended header .36
8.4.7  Resolving an extended header list .37
8.4.8  Wrapper .37
8.4.9  Tagged wrapper .38
9  Security architecture .38
9.1  General .38
9.2  Cryptographic mechanism identifier template .39
9.3  Security attributes .40
9.3.1  Security attributes targets .40
9.3.2  Compact format .40
9.3.3  Expanded format .44
9.3.4  Access rule references .48
9.3.5  Security attributes for data objects .49
9.3.6  Security parameters template .49
9.3.7  Security attributes for logical channels .55
9.4  Security support data elements .56
10  Secure messaging .57
10.1  SM fields and SM DOs .57
10.1.1  SM protection of command payloads .57
10.1.2  SM protection of chained commands and responses .57
10.1.3  SM DOs .57
10.2  Basic SM DOs .58
10.2.1  SM DOs for encapsulating plain values .58
10.2.2  SM DOs for confidentiality .59
10.2.3  SM DOs for authentication .60
10.3  Auxiliary SM DOs .61
10.3.1  Control reference templates .61
10.3.2  Control reference DOs in control reference templates .61
10.3.3  Security environments .63
10.3.4  Response descriptor template .65
10.4  SM impact on command-response pairs .65
11  Commands for interchange .67
11.1  Selection .67
11.1.1  SELECT command .67
11.1.2  MANAGE CHANNEL command .69
11.2  Data unit handling.70
11.2.1  Data units .70
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11.2.2  General . 70
11.2.3  READ BINARY command . 71
11.2.4  WRITE BINARY command . 71
11.2.5  UPDATE BINARY command . 72
11.2.6  SEARCH BINARY command . 72
11.2.7  ERASE BINARY command . 72
11.2.8  COMPARE BINARY function . 73
11.3  Record handling . 73
11.3.1  Records . 73
11.3.2  General . 74
11.3.3  READ RECORD (S) command . 74
11.3.4  WRITE RECORD command . 76
11.3.5  UPDATE RECORD command . 77
11.3.6  APPEND RECORD command . 77
11.3.7  SEARCH RECORD command . 78
11.3.8  ERASE RECORD (S) command . 79
11.3.9  ACTIVATE RECORD (s) command . 80
11.3.10 DEACTIVATE RECORD (s) command . 80
11.3.11 COMPARE RECORD function. 81
11.4  Data object handling . 81
11.4.1  General . 81
11.4.2  SELECT DATA command . 82
11.4.3  GET DATA/GET NEXT DATA commands - even INS code . 86
11.4.4  GET DATA/GET NEXT DATA command - odd INS codes . 87
11.4.5  General properties of PUT/PUT NEXT/UPDATE DATA commands . 89
11.4.6  PUT DATA command . 89
11.4.7  PUT NEXT DATA command . 90
11.4.8  UPDATE DATA command . 91
11.4.9  COMPARE DATA function . 91
11.5  Basic security handling . 91
11.5.1  General . 91
11.5.2  INTERNAL AUTHENTICATE command . 92
11.5.3  GET CHALLENGE command . 92
11.5.4  EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATE command . 93
11.5.5  GENERAL AUTHENTICATE command . 94
11.5.6  VERIFY command . 95
11.5.7  CHANGE REFERENCE DATA command . 96
11.5.8  ENABLE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT command . 96
11.5.9  DISABLE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT command . 97
11.5.10 RESET RETRY COUNTER command . 97
11.5.11 MANAGE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT command . 97
11.6  Miscellaneous . 99
11.6.1  COMPARE command . 99
11.6.2  GET ATTRIBUTE command . 101
11.7  Transmission handling . 101
11.7.1  GET RESPONSE command . 101
11.7.2  ENVELOPE command . 101
12  Application-independent card services . 102
12.1  Card identification . 102
12.1.1  Historical bytes . 102
12.1.2  Initial data string recovery . 106
12.2  Application identification and selection . 107
12.2.1  EF.DIR . 107
12.2.2  EF.ATR/INFO . 107
12.2.3  Application identifier . 108
12.2.4  Application template and related data elements . 109
12.2.5  Application selection . 110
12.3  Selection by path . 111
12.4  Data retrieval . 111
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12.5  Card-originated byte strings . 111
12.5.1  Triggering by the card . 112
12.5.2  Queries and replies . 112
12.5.3  Formats . 112
12.6  General feature management . 112
12.6.1  On-card services . 113
12.6.2  Interface services. 113
12.6.3  Profile services . 113
12.6.4  Provision of additional information . 114
12.7  APDU management . 114
12.7.1  Extended length information . 114
12.7.2  List of supported INS codes . 114
Annex A (informative) Examples of object identifiers and tag allocation schemes . 115
A.1  Object identifiers . 115
A.2  Tag allocation schemes . 115
Annex B (informative) Examples of secure messaging . 117
B.1  Cryptographic checksum . 117
B.2  Cryptograms . 121
B.3  Control references . 121
B.4  Response descriptor . 121
B.5  ENVELOPE command . 122
B.6  Synergy between secure messaging and security operations . 122
Annex C (informative) Examples of AUTHENTICATE functions by GENERAL AUTHENTICATE commands . 125
C.1  GENERAL AUTHENTICATE using witness-challenge-response triples . 125
C.2  GENERAL AUTHENTICAT
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST ISO/IEC 7816-4:2018
01-september-2018
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SIST ISO/IEC 7816-4:2005
Identifikacijski dokumenti - Kartice z integriranim vezjem - 4. del: Organizacija,
varovanje in ukazi za izmenjavo
Identification cards -- Integrated circuit cards -- Part 4: Organization, security and
commands for interchange
Cartes d'identification -- Cartes à circuit intégré -- Partie 4: Organisation, sécurité et
commandes pour les échanges
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013
ICS:
35.240.15 ,GHQWLILNDFLMVNHNDUWLFHýLSQH Identification cards. Chip
NDUWLFH%LRPHWULMD cards. Biometrics
SIST ISO/IEC 7816-4:2018 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 7816-4
Third edition
2013-04-15


Identification cards — Integrated circuit
cards —
Part 4:
Organization, security and commands for
interchange
Cartes d'identification — Cartes à circuit intégré —
Partie 4: Organisation, sécurité et commandes pour les échanges




Reference number
ISO/IEC 7816-4:2013(E)
©
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Contents Page
Foreword . vii
Introduction . viii
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 2
4  Symbols and abbreviated terms . 7
5  Command-Response pairs . 8
5.1  Conditions of operation . 8
5.2  Syntax . 9
5.3  Chaining procedures . 10
5.3.1  General . 10
5.3.2  Payload fragmentation . 10
5.3.3  Command chaining . 10
5.3.4  Response chaining . 11
5.4  Class byte . 12
5.4.1  Coding . 12
5.4.2  Logical channels . 13
5.5  Instruction byte . 14
5.6  Status bytes . 14
6  Data objects . 17
6.1  SIMPLE-TLV data objects . 18
6.2  BER-TLV data objects . 18
6.3  Constructed DOs versus primitive DOs . 18
7  Structures for applications and data . 19
7.1  Available structures . 19
7.2  Validity area . 20
7.2.1  Definitions and attributes . 20
7.2.2  Basic rules for VA handling and use . 20
7.3  Structure selection . 21
7.3.1  Structure selection methods . 21
7.3.2  File reference data element and DO . 22
7.3.3  General reference data element and DO . 23
7.3.4  Data referencing methods in elementary files . 23
7.4  File and data control information . 23
7.4.1  File control information retrieval . 23
7.4.2  Data control information retrieval . 24
7.4.3  Control parameters . 24
7.4.4  Short EF identifier . 26
7.4.5  File descriptor byte . 26
7.4.6  Profile indicator . 27
7.4.7  Data descriptor byte . 27
7.4.8  DF and EF list data elements . 27
7.4.9  Instance number data element . 28
7.4.10  Life cycle status . 28
7.4.11  Indirect referencing by short EF identifier using DO'A2' . 28
7.4.12  Interface and life cycle status dependent security attribute template . 29
8  Specific use of DOs and related concepts. 30
8.1  BER-TLV payloads and padding . 30
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8.1.1  Padding conditions.30
8.1.2  Padding procedure .30
8.2  Current template and data object generations .31
8.2.1  Current template and current DO .31
8.2.2  Template extension .31
8.2.3  Data object sub-tree .31
8.2.4  Data object life cycle .32
8.3  Identification of data elements and data objects .32
8.3.1  Principles .32
8.3.2  Tag interpretation in command and response data fields or payloads .32
8.3.3  Tag allocation .32
8.3.4  Standard tag allocation scheme .33
8.3.5  Compatible tag allocation scheme .33
8.3.6  Coexistent tag allocation scheme .34
8.3.7  Avoidance of independent tag allocation schemes .34
8.4  Referencing and retrieval of DOs and data elements .34
8.4.1  General .34
8.4.2  Element list .35
8.4.3  Tag list .35
8.4.4  Header list .35
8.4.5  Extended header and extended header list .35
8.4.6  Resolving an extended header .36
8.4.7  Resolving an extended header list .37
8.4.8  Wrapper .37
8.4.9  Tagged wrapper .38
9  Security architecture .38
9.1  General .38
9.2  Cryptographic mechanism identifier template .39
9.3  Security attributes .40
9.3.1  Security attributes targets .40
9.3.2  Compact format .40
9.3.3  Expanded format .44
9.3.4  Access rule references .48
9.3.5  Security attributes for data objects .49
9.3.6  Security parameters template .49
9.3.7  Security attributes for logical channels .55
9.4  Security support data elements .56
10  Secure messaging .57
10.1  SM fields and SM DOs .57
10.1.1  SM protection of command payloads .57
10.1.2  SM protection of chained commands and responses .57
10.1.3  SM DOs .57
10.2  Basic SM DOs .58
10.2.1  SM DOs for encapsulating plain values .58
10.2.2  SM DOs for confidentiality .59
10.2.3  SM DOs for authentication .60
10.3  Auxiliary SM DOs .61
10.3.1  Control reference templates .61
10.3.2  Control reference DOs in control reference templates .61
10.3.3  Security environments .63
10.3.4  Response descriptor template .65
10.4  SM impact on command-response pairs .65
11  Commands for interchange .67
11.1  Selection .67
11.1.1  SELECT command .67
11.1.2  MANAGE CHANNEL command .69
11.2  Data unit handling.70
11.2.1  Data units .70
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11.2.2  General . 70
11.2.3  READ BINARY command . 71
11.2.4  WRITE BINARY command . 71
11.2.5  UPDATE BINARY command . 72
11.2.6  SEARCH BINARY command . 72
11.2.7  ERASE BINARY command . 72
11.2.8  COMPARE BINARY function . 73
11.3  Record handling . 73
11.3.1  Records . 73
11.3.2  General . 74
11.3.3  READ RECORD (S) command . 74
11.3.4  WRITE RECORD command . 76
11.3.5  UPDATE RECORD command . 77
11.3.6  APPEND RECORD command . 77
11.3.7  SEARCH RECORD command . 78
11.3.8  ERASE RECORD (S) command . 79
11.3.9  ACTIVATE RECORD (s) command . 80
11.3.10 DEACTIVATE RECORD (s) command . 80
11.3.11 COMPARE RECORD function. 81
11.4  Data object handling . 81
11.4.1  General . 81
11.4.2  SELECT DATA command . 82
11.4.3  GET DATA/GET NEXT DATA commands - even INS code . 86
11.4.4  GET DATA/GET NEXT DATA command - odd INS codes . 87
11.4.5  General properties of PUT/PUT NEXT/UPDATE DATA commands . 89
11.4.6  PUT DATA command . 89
11.4.7  PUT NEXT DATA command . 90
11.4.8  UPDATE DATA command . 91
11.4.9  COMPARE DATA function . 91
11.5  Basic security handling . 91
11.5.1  General . 91
11.5.2  INTERNAL AUTHENTICATE command . 92
11.5.3  GET CHALLENGE command . 92
11.5.4  EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATE command . 93
11.5.5  GENERAL AUTHENTICATE command . 94
11.5.6  VERIFY command . 95
11.5.7  CHANGE REFERENCE DATA command . 96
11.5.8  ENABLE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT command . 96
11.5.9  DISABLE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT command . 97
11.5.10 RESET RETRY COUNTER command . 97
11.5.11 MANAGE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT command . 97
11.6  Miscellaneous . 99
11.6.1  COMPARE command . 99
11.6.2  GET ATTRIBUTE command . 101
11.7  Transmission handling . 101
11.7.1  GET RESPONSE command . 101
11.7.2  ENVELOPE command . 101
12  Application-independent card services . 102
12.1  Card identification . 102
12.1.1  Historical bytes . 102
12.1.2  Initial data string recovery . 106
12.2  Application identification and selection . 107
12.2.1  EF.DIR . 107
12.2.2  EF.ATR/INFO . 107
12.2.3  Application identifier . 108
12.2.4  Application template and related data elements . 109
12.2.5  Application selection . 110
12.3  Selection by path . 111
12.4  Data retrieval . 111
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12.5  Card-originated byte strings . 111
12.5.1  Triggering by the card . 112
12.5.2  Queries and replies . 112
12.5.3  Formats . 112
12.6  General feature management . 112
12.6.1  On-card services . 113
12.6.2  Interface services. 113
12.6.3  Profile services . 113
12.6.4  Provision of additional information . 114
12.7  APDU management . 114
12.7.1  Extended length information . 114
12.7.2  List of supported INS codes . 114
Annex A (informative) Examples of object identifiers and tag allocation schemes . 115
A.1  Object identifiers . 115
A.2  Tag allocation schemes . 115
Annex B (informative) Examples of secure messaging . 117
B.1  Cryptographic checksum .
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