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So, basically they have just reverse engineered the already very simple Luhn-10 algorithm, and labelled it as a "new algorithm" to generate tokens which get val
by jaywalker 16y ago
So, basically they have just reverse engineered the already very simple Luhn-10 algorithm, and labelled it as a "new algorithm" to generate tokens which get validated by Luhn-10.
How many lines of code was that? I would be surprised if the guys have written more than 10 lines.
- whiskers 16y agoI don't think the point was that the solution was difficult to implement technically. Rather that it was a clever solution to some very specific restrictions from a legacy system. A nice example of "thinking outside of the box" if you like.