On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Al Rowland wrote: > Or, > > IIRC, the ATM system is similar to CC transactions. A best effort is > made to authorize against your account (Credit Card or Banking) but if > it fails and the transaction is within a normal range (your daily card > limit) the CC/ATM completes the transaction.
So you're telling me that if I go to Kwik-E-Mart, cut the wires, put my card with a $0 balance in it will happily let me withdraw money? Somehow that doesn't sound right. How would it know my PIN, or would it assume I entered it correctly? How would it know my daily card limit? Charles > Best regards, > ______________________________ > Al Rowland > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > > Behalf Of Leo Bicknell > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:03 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Banc of America Article > > > > > > > > FWIW: > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57550-2003Jan28.html > > > > "About 13,000 Bank of America cash machines had to be shut > > down. The bank's ATMs sent encrypted information through the > > Internet, and when the data slowed to a crawl, it stymied > > transactions, according to a source, who said customer > > financial information was never in danger of being stolen." > > > > -- > > Leo Bicknell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - CCIE 3440 > > PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ > > Read TMBG List - [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.tmbg.org > > >
