Anne & Lynn Wheeler pointed out: > Face and fingerprints swiped in Dutch biometric passport crack > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/30/dutch_biometric_passport_crack/
Didn't the EU adopt the same design that the US uses? Am I right to presume that the passport RFID chip used by the Dutch is the same -- or functions the same -- as the one used in the new US digital passports? >From what I've read, it seems that the sequential numbering scheme the Dutch use on their passports may have made this attack easier -- but it was already feasible, and will be against the passports of other nations which did not so helpfully minimize their obfuscation technique with sequential numbering? Anyone got more details than those offered in the Rinscure press release? Thoughts? _Vin > > The crack is attributed to Delft smartcard security specialist Riscure, > which explains that an attack can be executed from around 10 metres and > the security broken, revealing date of birth, facial image and > fingerprint, in around two hours. > > .. snip .. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
