Re: (getting off topic) Re: ATM card pins

Mike Stay (staym@accessdata.com)
Thu, 06 Aug 1998 15:05:48 -0600

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>> > In fact, if I'm remembering right, the ATM send the PIN to the bank
>> > encrypted such that the clearing house doesn't see it.
>>
>> Hmmm, I wonder how good THAT encryption is.
>>
>
>DES - and we know how good that is.

Except for the fact that the encrypted data on the card is nowhere near
8 bytes...

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Mike Stay
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AccessData Corp.
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