MIFARE Plus® S/X Fast, high-security contactless smart cards The MIFARE Plus family of smart cards for Security, privacy, compatibility, performance, transit automatic fare collection (AFC) is a and price are the main reasons why transit direct drop-in replacement for MIFARE Classic operators and ticket system integrators providing an easy upgrade of existing choose G+D MIFARE Plus cards for their AFC infrastructures toward higher security and is systems and passengers. fully backwards compatible with MIFARE Classic. Upgrading an AFC system based on The G+D MIFARE card represents over 20 years MIFARE Classic to a higher security level has of experience and continued product develop- never been easier! ment. G+D MIFARE Plus cards provide seamless To fit changing requirements, G+D also backward compatibility with MIFARE Classic, provides other MIFARE technologies. G+D is allowing parallel usage of both cards in more than a card supplier: we take the existing system environments. This allows a complexity out of the process and provide gradual and seamless AFC system migration, guidance with a complete portfolio of easy card replacement, and minimal financial products, technologies and services. impact due to a change in fare media. Profit from G+D ’s many years of experience in G+D provides the complete MIFARE Plus delivering contactless smart card solutions to portfolio with all available security levels for public transport systems worldwide. various applications. Did you know … that G+D is one of the top 3 transit cards suppliers. Technical Data Security Levels MIFARE Plus S/X MIFARE COMMUNICATION SECURITY LEVEL 0 SECURITY FEATURES INTERFACE Cards are pre-personalized by • 7-byte unique identifier (UID) or • ISO/IEC 14443 Type A G+D with card master key, 4-byte non-unique identifier • Contactless transmission of configuration key, level switching (NUID) and random IDs data, powered by the RF field keys, MIFARE Classic CRYPTO1 • Mutual three-pass authentica- (no battery needed) and AES keys. tion • Up to 100 mm operating • Two keys per sector (per distance SECURITY LEVEL 1 application) to support • 13.56 MHz operating frequency These G+D multiapplication environment • Fast data transfer: MIFARE Plus cards are backward with key hierarchy 106 kbit/s – 848 kbit/s compatible with MIFARE Classic • Key storage for MIFARE Classic • High data integrity: 16 bit CRC, 1K or 4K cards and work CRYPTO1, keys (2 x 48 bit per parity, bit coding, bit counting, seamlessly in existing MIFARE sector) or AES keys (2 x 128 bit AES-based MACing method Classic infrastructure. Cards can sector) (Security Level 3) be switched to Security Level 2 • Open standard AES crypto for • True anti-collision after successful authentication authentication, integrity, and • Less than 100 ms per typical with Level 2 switching AES key. encryption ticketing transaction (including • Multi-sector authentication, backup management) SECURITY LEVEL 2 multi-block read and write (MIFARE PLUS X ONLY) • Anti-tear function for writing MEMORY Cards incorporate mandatory AES keys • User definable access conditions AES authentication and MIFARE for each memory block Classic CRYPTO1 for data privacy. PRINTING AND • 10-year data retention Cards can be switched to Security PERSONALIZATION • 100,000 write cycles Level 3 after successful authenti- • 4-color offset litho or screen cation with Level 3 switching AES printing MIFARE 2K PLUS S/X key. • Thermal transfer printing 2 kB, organized in 32 sectors • Matte or glossy surface finish of 4 blocks (one block consists SECURITY LEVEL 3 • Encoding of 16 bytes) Cards incorporate mandatory AES • Laser engraving for authentication and private • Magnetic stripe MIFARE 4K PLUS S/X and confidential communication • Signature panel 4 kB, organized in 32 sectors integrity. Proximity detection for • Serial numbering of 4 blocks and in 8 sectors of G+D MIFARE • Barcoding 16 blocks (one block consists Plus X only is provided as an • Hologram of 16 bytes) optional feature. OPERATING CONDITIONS STANDARDS MATERIALS AND FORM • Temperature: -25°C to 50°C • MIFARE communication FACTORS protocol • PVC • ISO/IEC 14443-1/-2/-3 Type A • Composite materials PVC/PET (Security Level 1, 2) • G+D Crystal Card and other • ISO/IEC 14443-4, Type A form factors • (Security Level 3) • ISO/IEC 7810 • ISO/IEC 10373 Did you know … Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security GmbH Prinzregentenstrasse 159 that more than 50 million 81677 Munich Germany passengers use G+D’s transit P +49 89 41 19-0 [email protected] cards and tickets every day. www.gi-de.com/mobile-security MIFARE and MIFARE Plus are registered trademarks of NXP B.V. and are used under license. © G+D Mobile Security GmbH, 2020. All technical data subject to change without notice. November 2020.