T=1 transport

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Blocks, chaining, information field sizes, waiting time extension and error recovery.

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T=1 is a block protocol: the terminal and the card exchange blocks with a header and a check code, take turns, and recover from errors with acknowledgement and resynchronisation blocks. Long APDUs are split into chained blocks.

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  1. Block format
  2. Three kinds of block
  3. Information field sizes
  4. Chaining
  5. Waiting time extension
  6. Error recovery
  7. Typical findings
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