[68240] in Cypherpunks
Re: DES cracker.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Fri Oct 18 01:48:41 1996
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: "Geoffrey C. Grabow" <gcg@pb.net>
Cc: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>, mac-crypto@thumper.vmeng.com,
coderpunks@toad.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0b36.32.19961018003632.00699af0@mail.pb.net>
On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, 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 best to attack something that has broader use than just a
single pin. At best, that would allow an hostile to clean out a single
account. A target that would allow one to attack, say an account held
*by* a bank would be more attractive.
--Lucky
