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From: akt@cos.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: DES info wanted
Message-ID: <249@cos.COM>
Date: Mon, 11-May-87 12:53:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: cos.249
Posted: Mon May 11 12:53:20 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 13-May-87 06:56:17 EDT
References: <2071@hoptoad.uucp> <599@umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> <5747@eddie.MIT.EDU> <1072@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems, McLean, VA
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Keywords: DES, UNIX
Summary: Look up ANSI standard for encryption of PIN in ATMs for more info

In article <1072@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, simsong@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
> [.....]
> For obvious reasons, companies who issue these things are very reluctant to
> dispence corect information. I've asked people at my bank on several occasions
> and received several different answers.

even if the banks don't tell you, ANSI will.  i have forgotten
the relevant standard numbers, but ANSI has a whole slew of them
for EFT.  they use DES extensively.  key-management is by RSA,
i think.