Clubbing in Fortress Amerika (fwd)

[Paul H Merrill]

Well, you could try comparing the reality involved
with multiple cards and see where the patterns
fit.  I know that that is how I find the meanings
of strange databases for which I don't have access
to the data dictionary.  And it really is the same
thing.

PHM

Yeoh Yiu wrote:
> 
> Meyer Wolfsheim <wolf at priori.net> writes:
> 
> > A friend of mine recently informed me that he has access to a mag-strip
> > reader, and scanned several drivers' licenses (as well as Safeway cards
> > and other random credit-card like items.)
> >
> > Most contained the information displayed on the front of the card, and/or
> > some seemingly random numbers (most likely, the ID numbers.)
> >
> > California DL's have nothing interesting stored in that magstrip that
> > isn't on the front of the card. And no, the signature isn't reflected in
> > the magstrip.
> 
> They might store a long number and without a dictionary you
> don't know what it means.  It's unlikely that older cards
> would use and XMLish annoted data.
> 
> eg does
> 
> 197202281800602
> mean it belongs to a 180# 6'2" person born on Feb 28, 1972 ?
> 
> How could you tell ?
> 
> YY

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Paul H. Merrill, MCNE, MCSE+I, CISSP
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