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Borer's new website is launched!

Our new website is now live! As well as providing information on Borer products and services, the new site is also an Info Base, providing relevant industry news, views, stories, EU standards and information.



We also have a "Partners" section, with information on our approved partners. If you would like to become an approved partner, please click here.

Please visit the site at www.borer.co.uk
Feedback is always welcome. Any comments should be emailed to: web@borer.co.uk

Approved Partners Training Day Review

Thursday 20th April 2006

Thank you to everyone who attended our latest Approved Partners Training Day and for all the positive feedback we received. All feedback will be considered when planning future training events.

Our next training event will be specifically for the end user, designed for ATRACS operators. If you are interested in this event, or have a customer who would benefit from it, please email Cath Reeves at: cath@borer.co.uk

Also, if you would like to be kept informed about future events, please email Cath at the above address.

RoHS is here!

Borer Data Systems: RoHS & WEEE compliant - ARE YOU?

The RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) came into force on 1st July 2006. The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical & electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) & polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.

As of 1 July 2006 a producer may not put new EEE containing more than the permitted levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs or PBDEs, on the market in the EU.
Certain applications are exempt, and there is also an exemption for spare parts used for the repair of equipment put on the market before 1 July 2006. The Regulations do not apply to the re-use of equipment placed on the market before 1 July 2006 or to equipment manufactured prior to 1st July 2006.

The WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Directive aims to minimise the impacts of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their life times and when they become waste.

Borer Data Systems has based it's design philosophy to comply with these directives and future legislation (EuP - Energy using Products, Directive 2005/32/EC, to come into force Sept 2007 and the Directive on Batteries and Accumulators and Spent Batteries and Accumulators COM (2003) 723, to be adopted by mid 2006).

Borer's “Clean Design” is about asking smart questions early. Can we make it lighter? What will happen at the end of its life? Can it run on less power? Can we build it with fewer parts? Use less packaging? Design out the need for hazardous materials? Design it to be upgraded rather than replaced? Design in ease of maintenance? To find out more about Borer's "Clean Design" click here

For further information on these directives and future legislation, please click on the links to the right.

New Mifare combined Reader and Controller

The 1st combined reader and controller with dual database for increase reliability

Borer's new Mifare v3 Reader / Controller features a huge 128000 internal record database for user records and offline transactions. It is also directly compatible with most 13.56mhz card technologies and features a new weather resistant plug and socket connecter which replaces the current screw in terminals, which will aid installations. The reader holds 2 copies of database using last known good download. This ensures the integrity of the data. Each of the databases have a memory capacity of either 15,000 or 60,000 cardholders / transactions.

Features:

Build to RoHS compliance

Product info:
(04-126) CAN Prox / PIN Reader 13.56mHz Mifare 4Mb (Cloud Grey)
(04-127) CAN Prox / PIN Reader 13.56mHz Mifare 4Mb (Black)

To download the datasheet, click here

Borer has reached international shores

New Approved Partner - Executive Security

Borer has now expanded its Approved Partner programme to Ireland, with our first partnership with Executive Security. Executive Security is a leader in the design and installation of integrated electronic security systems in Ireland. Executive has enjoyed 26 years of success, and is counting many of Ireland's largest commercial, industrial and financial institutions, as well as selected Government agencies among its clients. Executive offer access control, CCTV, audio & video intercom, intruder and entrance control systems to the commercial markets.

Some examples of Executive Security's work is the complete security solution for the prestigious Dundrum Town Centre Development, Blanchardstown Town Centre and the Square, and the entrance control contract for Croke Park Stadium.
We are looking forward to a long lasting and successful relationship with the team at Executive.

For more information click here

Industry News

How Secure Is Your Smart Access Card?

The cards security community are aware of the added security afforded by contact less smart cards but are generally unaware of the potential weakness in the level of security provided by most card readers including many Mifare, Legic and smart card versions. Virtually all-current Mifare card access solutions employ a combined antenna with associated electronics termed a card reader, which is connected via a signal cable to a separate controller. The encrypted Mifare card data is detected by the antenna and the required information read from it and decrypted into legible data by the reader, after which it is sent to the door access controller over signal cable using a security industry standard "Wiegand" interface and a published open format "Wiegand" protocol.

The logic of providing a very secure interface between card and reader head while maintaining an insecure connection between reader head and controller is questionable, since it is relatively easy, on the unprotected electrical interface, to intercept the unprotected Wiegand data stream or inject false data into the data stream. Indeed most Wiegand style card readers lack a simple tamper sensor so that attempts to compromise or remove the reader head will go undetected. This compromises the high level of security built around the smart card and card reading technology. Hence, it is self evident that data read from a secure and encrypted smart card, such as a Mifare or Desfire, when passed across an unprotected Wiegand interface is open to skimming and manipulation.

Click here to find out how to intercept data from an encrypted Smart Card.

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Volume 2
July 2006

In This Issue:

Mounting The Reader Controller Externally

The Mifare and Proximity Reader Controllers are potted in a soft rubber compound to prevent condensation damaging important components. However, exposed cable ends and terminations remain vulnerable to oxidation. Therefore it is necessary that all bare metallic surfaces, exposed to attack by weather or moisture, are coated with non-conductive silicon grease and not silicon sealant which may react with metal.
A small quantity of grease should be applied around the head of the termination plug at the point of insertion into the socket ensuring that the contacts are not contaminated. Also apply a thin layer of grease around the rim of the reader housing at the point the two halves meet to create a seal.

The RoHS directive came into force on 1st July 2006. For additional information on RoHS and the WEEE directive, click on the links below.

RoHS Directive Guide - Information guide to the RoHS and WEEE Directive.

Beth Marsh, Borer's Service Administrator, has left on maternity leave. Tania Alford will be covering the role, while Beth is away.

The contact details remain the same. You can contact Tania on:

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