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Apr 04, 2008 11:02

The papers in Melbourne this week are a buzzing with the departure of Victoria's highest paid public servant ( Read more... )

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subtle_eye April 4 2008, 05:54:24 UTC
Nah. MICARD DESFire is a lot more secure than Classic or Ultralight.

DESfire is the higher cost standards based crypto (Triple DES) option. If it's DESfire8 it even supports AES. Looking at the Wikipedia article for MIFARE, they've just announced a lightweight AES option, presumably prompted by all the negative press.

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subtle_eye April 5 2008, 03:32:11 UTC
With you now. Assumed this was a project in the works, rather than something dead in a ditch.

*looks at wikipedia article*
woah. that's one hell of a screwup.

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iki_maska April 5 2008, 03:36:48 UTC
Yeah, I was naively reading about the other hacks and assuming that Australian agencies with the benefit of things like DSD guidelines wouldn't even think about implementing broken home brew crypto.

Here's your chance to be "first to market" with Myki compatible 3rd party cards.

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