Rich Graves wrote: [ about AOL ]

They didn't check it very thoroughly last week. I think they just do some kind of checksum or maybe an assigned-numbers list lookup; it's too fast to be anything else.

It takes 6 seconds to to pre approve a card for $1 and do an AVS (Address Verification). If you don't have a dedicated line to your accepting bank it takes ~25 secods with the dial up. Well within the time it take AOL to validate an account. John Pettitt, jpp@software.net VP Engineering, CyberSource Corporation, 415 473 3065 Favorite quote: "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of man as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller