Here's a *BRILLIANT* password idea! (Sarcasm on)

Stefan Stapelberg stefan at mikros.systemware.de
Fri Dec 2 22:38:24 AEST 1988


In article <43034 at ccicpg.UUCP> nick at 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".

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