full-disclosure - Re: RFID enabled e-passport skimming proof of concept code released (RFIDIOt)

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:36:04 +0000
From: Adam Laurie <adam.laurie@...bunker.net>
To: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@...ohio.edu>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: RFID enabled e-passport skimming proof of
 concept code released (RFIDIOt)

Michael Holstein wrote:

>>    The Expiry Date of the Passport
> 
> Passports are vaild for 10 years (for an adult in the US), and 
> expiration is just MM/YYYY .. so that's only 120 possibilities.
>

Note that here in the UK expiry is YY/MM/DD, so numbers will actually be 
much larger, but in terms of bruteforcing, still pretty small...

cheers,
Adam
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