Re: ATM card pins

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Simon R Knight (srk@tcp.co.uk)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 19:49:05 0000


> Well it probably dialled out to verify the PIN after collecting all
> the information it needed. So in my opinion the incident you
> describe does not prove in any way that the PIN is on the card.
>

It is not necessary to "prove" the existence of an encrypted PIN
value on many bank cards, but simply read the related BS/ISO/ANSI
standards. A special field is provided on track 3 (where track 3 is
used) for this encrypted PIN value.

Simon R Knight


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