full-disclosure - Re: Fedex Kinkos Smart Card Authentication Bypass

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4405AB69.20906@csuohio.edu>
Date: Wed Mar  1 14:11:18 2006
From: michael.holstein at csuohio.edu (Michael Holstein)
Subject: Re: Fedex Kinkos Smart Card Authentication
	Bypass

> According to Fedex Kinko's:
> "Our analysis shows that the information in the article is inaccurate
> and not based on the way the actual technology and security function.
> Security is a priority to FedEx Kinko's, and we are confident in the
> security of our network in preventing such illegal activity."

Presumably they're depending on the ever-vigilant eye of the highschool 
copyjocky behind the counter to notice somebody inserting a card that's 
trailing some ribbon cable into one of the readers.

Actually, a lot of "security protocols" depend on just such things :)