Well, now that's weird... PC registry thing - SV650.org

northwind · 08-09-06, 12:04 AM

Just having a wee poke around in Regedit, getting rid of some old stuff... And I found an item for Gemplus. Gemplus is an cryptographics company that we use at my work, but I've never had an install disk within a mile of this PC... It's a pretty specialised system, we use it with smartcard encryption keys to give physical security as well as crypto. So what's it doing in my registry? They also make verious things like chip and pin card blanks, mobile phone sim cards...

Any other Dell owners fancy having a quick peek in theirs, see if it's some random Dell abberation?

08-09-06, 12:07 AM

I don't have access to a windows pc from here, much less a Dell, but I'm sure I've seen that Gemplus entry before somewhere... I'll take a peek a.s.a.p and get back at you.

northwind · 08-09-06, 12:12 AM

It's not a worry, so no rush

It's just a weird thing to find, the name'd mean nothing to me if it wasn't for work and I got hardly any google hits for gemplus + registry. One person asking the same question as me

No answers.

08-09-06, 12:17 AM

As a wild guess, after reading this I'd say it could be related to some pre-installed drivers for Gemplus Card Readers (SmartCards and all that)...

northwind · 08-09-06, 12:31 AM

Yup, that's what it'll be- GemSAFE is the software they use for their public key standard. It does look like it's a windows XP standard- though why that'd be, I have no idea, this isn't a common system to be using (that's why Gemplus are practically out of business

)

Cheers for that!

TSM · 08-09-06, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

As a wild guess, after reading this I'd say it could be related to some pre-installed drivers for Gemplus Card Readers (SmartCards and all that)...

Yep you are right. We have a couple of these at work for authing on the Barclays business banking system.

08-09-06, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

As a wild guess, after reading this I'd say it could be related to some pre-installed drivers for Gemplus Card Readers (SmartCards and all that)...

Correct there pre-installed XP drivers, we use them here at UCLH. Nothing to worry about.

Rich

08-09-06, 08:37 AM

Yup, I have that key on my work Dell XP box. We don't 'do' smart cards here. In fact, we don't do anything smart at all.

08-09-06, 08:56 AM

It's no supprise for me that we have the Gemplus registry keys. Dell machine, Windows 2000 Pro.

I have to connect securely to a lot of different client sites, over a number of different VPNs (and one, we have to dial down an ISDN line because they're so paranoid that their servers are not permitted access to ANY internet. Well, their entire buildings have no internet access whatsoever).

So that would explain cryptography for me.

Viney · 08-09-06, 11:17 AM

got it on mine as well and this is a home build system.

08-09-06, 12:04 AM	#1
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Well, now that's weird... PC registry thing Just having a wee poke around in Regedit, getting rid of some old stuff... And I found an item for Gemplus. Gemplus is an cryptographics company that we use at my work, but I've never had an install disk within a mile of this PC... It's a pretty specialised system, we use it with smartcard encryption keys to give physical security as well as crypto. So what's it doing in my registry? They also make verious things like chip and pin card blanks, mobile phone sim cards... Any other Dell owners fancy having a quick peek in theirs, see if it's some random Dell abberation? __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

08-09-06, 12:12 AM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	It's not a worry, so no rush It's just a weird thing to find, the name'd mean nothing to me if it wasn't for work and I got hardly any google hits for gemplus + registry. One person asking the same question as me No answers. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

08-09-06, 12:31 AM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Yup, that's what it'll be- GemSAFE is the software they use for their public key standard. It does look like it's a windows XP standard- though why that'd be, I have no idea, this isn't a common system to be using (that's why Gemplus are practically out of business ) Cheers for that! __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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08-09-06, 12:07 AM	#2
Filipe M. Guest Posts: n/a	I don't have access to a windows pc from here, much less a Dell, but I'm sure I've seen that Gemplus entry before somewhere... I'll take a peek a.s.a.p and get back at you.

08-09-06, 12:17 AM	#4
Filipe M. Guest Posts: n/a	As a wild guess, after reading this I'd say it could be related to some pre-installed drivers for Gemplus Card Readers (SmartCards and all that)...

08-09-06, 08:37 AM	#8
chazzyb Guest Posts: n/a	Yup, I have that key on my work Dell XP box. We don't 'do' smart cards here. In fact, we don't do anything smart at all.

08-09-06, 08:56 AM	#9
Baph Guest Posts: n/a	It's no supprise for me that we have the Gemplus registry keys. Dell machine, Windows 2000 Pro. I have to connect securely to a lot of different client sites, over a number of different VPNs (and one, we have to dial down an ISDN line because they're so paranoid that their servers are not permitted access to ANY internet. Well, their entire buildings have no internet access whatsoever). So that would explain cryptography for me.

08-09-06, 11:17 AM	#10
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	got it on mine as well and this is a home build system.