(I've deleted 7 out of the 8 recipients, including 2 of the 3 mailing lists. Aren't we letting cross-posting get a bit out of hand?) At 12:36 AM -0400 10/18/96, 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.
Wow! If we could get you to get all the ATM terminals to contribute spare CPU cycles to DES-busting, this'd be really great! I doubt customers would mind having to wait an extra second or two while the ATM finishes whatever it's doing. (And maybe if the DES bust is successful while a customer is waiting, he could be awarded with an extra $20 bill.) Better than a DES-busting screensaver. --Tim May "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." [NYT, 1996-10-02] We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."