Stripe Snoop parses and analyzes data from magstripe cards, displays their contents, and then tries to identify the card using a database of known card types, providing meaning to an otherwise raw character dump. Magstripe data can be captured through a variety of methods and interfaces, including stdin. Release 1.5 has doubled the size of the card database Stripe Snoop uses. The interface was been polished a good bit as well, and more information is returned about card types from the database. Also, card types with unknown elements are brought to the users attention, so they know when they have information that the projects needs. By making it easier to contribute, the program should receive new blood. 1.5 also comes with even more sample bitstreams of different card types to experiement with.

Linux and Windows Builds are supported

Full Change Log:

Version 1.5 (8-8-2004)

- Force Parse (-F) will now parse characters that don't pass parity
- Added formatting function to make Account numbers follow the format on the card.
- Streamlined the Database Lookup process
- Added Card Notes to Database Entries
- Filled in all the missing comments and prototypes in source
- Formatted tabs to line up with printing report
- Added entry of unknowns about each card type, to get people
to submit data and help out

Cards Added

American Express Blue Card
Barnes & Noble Reader's Advantage Card
British Petroleum (BP) Gasoline Card
Delta Crown Room Club Card
Home Depot Consumer Credit Card
Neiman Marcus Charge Card
Radisson Gold Rewards Card
COSTCO Business Membership Card
US Air Frequent Traveler Card
Walden Books Reader Card
AAMVA Compliant North American Driver's License

Stripe Snoop 1.5 Released

] But that%u2019s exactly what Google%u2019s IPO threatens.
] By moving to an auction format with Google executives
] guaranteed, by the terms of the offer, access to the
] books so they can judge demand for themselves, the Google
] IPO shifts the balance of power toward the company and
] away from the underwriter. The auction format is designed
] to get Google the best price for its shares and to leave
] as little money as possible on the table. There will be
] no guaranteed post-IPO appreciation for investment
] bankers to pass on to favored clients. The auction
] process indeed goes a long way to eliminate the very idea
] of favored clients since the deal will be dominated by
] individual investors who set their own price and demand
] on the Internet. And as if that%u2019s not enough to kill
] any prospects at a post-IPO bounce, if Google sees
] evidence of more demand than expected, the company has
] reserved the right to increase the number of shares in
] the offering.

IPO's and Google

] "What up cuz? It's tha Snoopy D-O-double Gizzle in da hizzle.
] Enter yo trickass URL below and I'll traaanslate it from tha
] shizzle to da shiznit, know what I'm sayin?"

This is sooo awesome.

.: Snoop Dogg - Tha Shizzolator :.

Ever wonder what data in on the magstripe on your license? What about the vector based compression to store your signature? Or how they encode your fingerprints onto the barcode? For that matter, what the hell is that barcode anyway?

Answers lie within

_The_ Drivers License Standard [pdf]

] Having introduced Bayes' Theorem explicitly, we can
] explicitly discuss its components.
]
] p(A|X) = p(X|A)*p(A)
] ---------------------
] p(X|A)*p(A) p(X|~A)*p(~A)
]

[shudders] probability... [shudders]

An Intuitive Explanation of Bayesian Reasoning

] This is the Developer's Mailing List for Stripe Snoop.
]
] This list will focus on current and future development of
] Stripe Snoop, such as:
] -Development of the current codebase
] -Porting to other Operating Systems
] -Design of new Hardware Interfaces
] -Support for existing readers (serial, Parallel, USB)
] -Card database design and maintenance.

Stripesnoop-Developer Mailing List Up

Stripe Snoop parses and analyzes data from magstripe cards, displays their contents, and then tries to identify the card using a database of known card types, refining its output by printing data inside specific fields. Release 1.4 adds support for reading magstripes from keyboard based magstripe readers (such as Cherry POS keyboards), from gameport based readers, or from stdin. The database has been expanded to identify more card types. Several sample bitstreams of different card types are included to experiement with.

Linux and Windows Builds are supported

Full Change Log:

- Added Force Parse (-F) which try to parse a bitstream as
long as it has at least a start character
- Limited Cherry Keyboard (and other readers that connect
through the keyboard) support added. Works best with cards
containing only 1 track.
- Added more Issuing Bank names for Visa
- Code simplification: Lookup tables, single line ifs with ?'s
- bitgen ignores ";" and "?"
- Track 1 and Track 2 Support with Cherry Keyboards, though only
Track 2 will be parsed.
- mod10 will generate Luhn compliant account numbers of any
length

Cards Added

American Express Credit Card
Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Generic ATM Cards
Georgia Institute of Technology Parking or Temporary Card

Stripe Snoop 1.4 Released

] We have found that by sending specially crafted packets
] to the client during the authentication process, an
] attacker is able to compromise and execute arbitrary code
] on the machine running PuTTY or PSCP.

CoreLabs: Vulnerability in PuTTY

] By the way, do you remember hearing anything
] about the Boston Tea Party? It may not be as important as
] stealing music digitally, but the event had some significance.

The Boston Tea party didn't deprive other's of the rights the Bostonians were advocating. This guy was preaching the disruption other's right to free speech, because he doesn't agree with what the Republicans are saying. Your allusion to doesn't support your point at all, and shows that you throw historic references without understanding their significance.

As for sitting quietly by, I would counter most of those who want change are smart enough to know that ranting about, claims, and calls for action, with little or no justification causes you to be written off as a dumbass, and your valid points are lost in all your hot air.

If all you want to do is piss off the establishment, and get people's panties in a bunch, then good luck getting anything of substance done. All it seems to do is fill this thread and my Memebox with pointless posts and boring arguments.

RE: CrimeThinc @ Defcon: Cause chaos at the RNC

Here are some of the stuff we talked about on the show:

-Listener Email
-HumanML - WTF?
-Mandrake Linux - Make it stable.
-KVM switches - problems
-Projects overview : Projects Stank and Acidus are working on.
-Hacker zines - more code and more pictures
-Pimping Phreaknic
-review of summer 2004 2600 - Articles that didn't suck
-Socket programming in C
-Writing convincing articles/lectures
-Best article ever
-Stripe Snoop
--Q&A
--Basics
--ISO standards
--How the DB works
--Future features

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