[LINK] Code highlights e-passport eavesdropping risk

[Adam Todd]

Sheesh, some people just can't help themselves.

See this is plain wrong.  Releasing a "hack" process without providing a 
means to remedy it.  Well I guess I don't need to put any more effort into 
the issue any more.  <sigh>


At 10:03 AM 1/11/2006, brd at iimetro.com.au wrote:
>Code highlights e-passport eavesdropping risk
>What RFIDIOt chipped my passport?
>By John Leyden
>Published Tuesday 31st October 2006 12:42 GMT
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/rfid_e-passport_attack/
>
>Researchers have released proof-of-concept code that creates a means to read
>personal details from next-generation passports outfitted with RFID chips.
>
>In a posting on security mailing list BugTraq, Adam Laurie of secure hosting
>facility the bunker explains how the latest version RFIDIOt, an open-source
>python library for RFID exploration, contains code that implements the 
>standard
>for machine readable travel documents in the shape of a test program called
>mrpkey.py.