Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!deimos!uxc!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!mcvax!unido!mikros!stefan From: stefan@mikros.systemware.de (Stefan Stapelberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Here's a *BRILLIANT* password idea! (Sarcasm on) Keywords: ATM, password Message-ID: <369@mikros.systemware.de> Date: 2 Dec 88 12:38:24 GMT References: <43034@ccicpg.UUCP> Reply-To: stefan@mikros.UUCP (Stefan Stapelberg) Organization: MIKROS Systemware, Lohr/W-Germany Lines: 16 In article <43034@ccicpg.UUCP> nick@ccicpg.UUCP (Nick Crossley) writes: > >I have often wondered about the four-digit limit anyway - surely even some >branches must have close to 9999 accounts, let alone whole banks. That does >make the code number very unique. Long time ago, I coded a program for creation of PIN numbers on credit cards. The PIN number is encoded with another number identifying the card's holder. The whole combination isn't four digits (I don't remember how much digits there are finally). Some people safely may share the same PIN number. This can't be compared to UNIX passworts, since you must have the *card* and the PIN to break someone's "account". -- Die schaerfsten Kritiker der Elche waren frueher selber welche. -- Traxler