---- START NEW MESSAGE --- Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id AAE22B790070; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:40:34 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <12.00CC23F6@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 1:40:23 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8e) with spool id 7568 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:40:14 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 0635; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:39:34 -0500 Received: from outbound1.mail.tds.net [216.170.230.91] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 430) via TCP with ESMTP ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:39:34 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by outbound1.mail.tds.net Received: from whythis (host-69-21-64-207.69-21.unk.tds.net [69.21.64.207]) by outbound1.mail.tds.net (8.12.10/8.12.3) with SMTP id i0T6dZH7017564 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:39:36 -0600 (CST) References: <2193429B07D9914D97216EBBAA6AB8BD1A0509@whitlam.corp.gli.com.au> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <005601c3e632$a9630ce0$cf401545@whythis> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:39:35 -0500 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Denny Esterline Subject: Re: [PIC:] Disassemblers To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Precedence: list X-RCPT-TO: Status: U X-UIDL: 371856225 > Legal action hasn't been attempted yet because there's no proof that this > person defrauded the device expect for the missing money (and they fake > names they used when claiming the cash) > I've been following this thread with some interest (as I'm sure, are many other people) and this caught my attention: "claiming the cash". So this device puts out some kind of paper ticket, or tokens or something? And the user redeems them elsewhere? Is there a possibility of spoofing this process? Could a paper ticket with some numbers be forged or modified? I'm also reminded of a supposedly true story I heard about a guy ripping off a casino in LasVegas. He forged $10 silver slot tokens. They never knew until one day they did a hard count and found many thousands more than there should have been. Other than that, I can only recommend that you get really cozy with the code. (or maybe your company can justify contracting a consultant with more experience with that particular processor?) -Denny -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. .