[Gllug] Chip and PIN

Grzegorz Jaskiewicz gj at pointblue.com.pl
Thu May 11 09:38:55 UTC 2006


On Thursday 11 May 2006 11:33, Alain Williams wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:29:28AM +0200, Grzegorz Jaskiewicz wrote:
> > pin pads, all, these days encrypt anything that goes off wire. Same
> > applies to both banking machines, and pin pads connected to terminal in
> > any shop. The only way someone can stole your PIN from the pad, is when
> > you add one overlay on it that would capture it. And believe me, ppl did
> > that in the past - at least for "The hole in the wall".
>
> What sort of encryption ? Are you suggesting that the supply of the PIN
> to the card is encrypted ?

I don't remember all details, but I remember reading about it. All those are 
standards, and are well documented. So probably googling for it will bring 
some results. 

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GJ
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