METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER

摘要

The system has a removable memory unit (12) with a memory region for storing identification data for identification of the memory unit, where data of a digital certificate (14) is stored in the memory region or in another memory region of the memory unit. The memory unit is connected to a data processing system (18) via a data transmission connection, where the identification data and the data of the certificate are transmitted from the memory unit to the processing system. The processing system processes the identification data and the data of the certificate and authenticates a user. An independent claim is also included for a method for authenticating a user.