Re: Credit card number checker?

From: Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:05:03 +0000
Subject: Re: Credit card number checker?
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Ashley M. Kirchner pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... > Christopher Ostmo wrote: > > > By law, the numbers are supposed to be > > generated at random and not generated by any kind of algorithm or > > formula. > > CC# must pass the Luhn MOD 10 formula, so the generated numbers can't > be > (totally) random - they have to conform to the formula. > I just responded to this separately... Basically, my earlier research on the issue must have been wrong. > Also, not all credit cards have 16 numbers. > What companies issue card numbers that are not 16 numbers? Are they non-US cards? I haven't ever seen a card that wasn't 16 numbers. Christopher Ostmo a.k.a. tech@AppIdeas.com AppIdeas.com Innovative Application Ideas Meeting cutting edge dynamic web site needs since the dawn of Internet time (1995) For a good time, http://www.AppIdeas.com/

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