Again, for US cards, these PIN codes apply to either ATM cards or for credit card cash advances (using your credit card as an [expensive] ATM card). Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Michael Dillon wrote: > > That reminds me: if you intend to use a credit card in electronic contexts > > (such as buying train tickets at a machine, etc.), you should make sure you > > know your PIN code. On the way home from Anaheim I helped some guy who had > > some problems because he wasn't even aware that his card had a PIN code. > > Not sure if this applies to Americans, but when I lived in Canada, I > had a 5 or 6 digit pin > code, but internationally, pin codes are only 4 digits. If you have a > longer pin code, > change it to a 4 digit one before travelling. > > --Michael Dillon > > 2 years ago I was back in Canada, visiting, and in a small restaurant, > I noticed the familiar > chip and pin reader. When I remarked on it, they said it was a new > system that was coming > in but even the bank didn't know how it worked yet. I said, let me > show you and paid for > the meal with my UK chip and pin card. > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf