Re: standalone 125KHz RFID card cloner

[Arch Angel <arch3angel () gmail com>]

+1 for everything Matt stated, when I was working on the RFID project I 
noticed these are still common.

This device however, I was told it is a very poor construction of what 
can be created with commonly found equipment.

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Thank you,

Robert Miller
(arch3angel)

On 9/20/10 12:14 PM, Matt Neely wrote:
> 125 kHz RFID cards, also referred to as LF cards, are still very
> common.  Although I have no hard numbers to back this up I'd venture to
> guess that HID Prox cards are still the most widely deployed access
> control card in the US and these cards are 125 kHz cards.  The only
> thing that might throw this off is all US government organizations have
> migrated to 13.56 MHz cards.
>
> In the 125 kHz range there are three types of RFID you'll commonly find
> used by access control systems.  They are HID Prox, Indala and EM4100
> (EM).  From what I've been able to research the device listed can only
> clone cards that use the EM4100 chip.  EM cards tend to be used in
> small/off label access control systems.  I've mainly seen EM cards used
> at gyms and parking garages.  I've seen them vary rarely used for access
> control in an office environment.  So depending on what you want to do
> with it it might have limited usefulness.
>
> As part of an ongoing research project I'll probably be order the device
> listed below as well as the reader, cards, panel, etc to build an access
> control system.  Once all that stuff arrives I can confirm the devices
> capabilities.
>
> In October I'm doing a presentation called Access Control Cards: The
> Good, The Bad and The Clonable at the Cleveland Information Security
> Summit.  After this talk I'll be doing some more blog posts and white
> papers on what I discovered and will be getting into more depth on both
> 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz cards.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt
>
>
> Adrian Crenshaw wrote:
> > I was under he impression from a freind of mine that 125KHz  was
> > mostly for hobbiest stuff. Anyone know? One of the reviewers said his
> > parking pass was a 125KHz.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adrian
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org
> > <mailto:robin () digininja org>> wrote:
> >
> >      Just found this standalone 125KHz RFID card cloner, I wondered if
> >      anyone had seen one of these or if they thought it was worth the $66.
> >
> >      http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.17230
> >
> >      Robin
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