Start anticipating some exciting enhancements coming to 8 CD 2.0 reader security and functionality in a few months.
- The first new major security feature to be supported is called Random UID. Random UID enables 8 CD 2.0 readers to successfully interrogate and recognize transponders configured with random, changing UIDs, designed specifically to thwart cloning and hacking efforts.
- Another powerful enhancement enables 8 CD 2.0 to recognize either 4 or 7 byte UIDs – or both. This is particularly useful when migrating from MIFARE Classic to MIFARE DESFire, where both transponder types will be encountered by readers over the migration period.
- Lastly, SmartMX support will be expanded to include DESFire EV1-emulated SmartMX chips. SmartMX transponders possess contact chips, but can also be recognized by an RFID reader.
