PERSONAL COMPUTER TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SAFELY COMMUNICATING WITH A COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND AUTHENTICATING METHOD USED BY SAID TERMINAL

摘要

The invention concerns a personal computer terminal for operating secure applications comprising means for communicating with another computer equipment, including means for authenticating the authorised user and means for transmitting to the computer equipment to which it is connected the outcome of the authenticating step. The invention also concerns a method for authenticating the user previous to a transaction between a computer terminal and a computer equipment, comprising a step displaying at least one image, a step of selecting a zone of said image and a step of comparing the selected zone with data pre-recorded in the memory.