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U.S. State Department Launches e-Passports, Rejects Security Concerns
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:26:42 GMT
Anone want to start a pool on how long it will take before somoen figures out a way to surreptitiously snarf the data off these things? Via GCN.com. [snip] The State Department started pilot production of electronic passports earlier this month and plans to roll out e-passports for the general public this summer, officials said. The senior official in charge of the project also said that technical issues raised recently about e-passport security would not prevent the general distribution of the documents. Frank Moss, deputy assistant secretary of State for consular affairs, said in an interview this morning that the department is using e-passport technology provided by Infineon Technologies North America Corp. of San Jose, Calif. Moss said Infineons components for the e-passport have been approved by National Institute of Standards and Technology testing. The company provides contactless chip radio-frequency identification device technology that stores biographical data in machine readable form. Infineons chip and a small antenna are embedded in the passport cover, which also includes a metal shield to prevent eavesdropping on data flowing from the passport to the reading machine. [snip] Article here: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38340-1.html State Dept. page on the design: http://travel.state.gov/passport/eppt/eppt_2501.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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