1996-10-18 - Re: DES cracker.

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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
To: “Geoffrey C. Grabow” <gcg@pb.net>
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Reply To: <3.0b36.32.19961018003632.00699af0@mail.pb.net>
UTC Datetime: 1996-10-18 11:57:40 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 04:57:40 -0700 (PDT)

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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 04:57:40 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Geoffrey C. Grabow" <gcg@pb.net>
Subject: Re: DES cracker.
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Geoffrey C. Grabow wrote:
> 

> Tell me what you need.  A large part of my job is providing hardware
> security modules to banks to secure (among other things) their ATM networks
> (Automated Teller MAchines, not Async Transfer Mode).  Do you need PIN
> encryption formats, transmission message protocols, or what?  Just LMK.

It would be nice to get some confirmation that PINs are generated using
a DES encryption of the account number.

Gary
--
"Of course the US Constitution isn't perfect; but it's a lot better
than what we have now."  -- Unknown.

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