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PIN Translation

Re-encrypt a PIN block from one Zone PIN Key to another.

32 or 48 HEX characters - two-key or three-key TDES.

32 or 48 HEX characters - two-key or three-key TDES.

Calculator reference

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What it calculates

Re-encrypts an eight-byte PIN block under a different Zone PIN Key.

Inputs and methods

16 HEX character encrypted block; source and destination ZPKs of 16 or 24 bytes. TDES-ECB, no padding.

Worked example

Block 1B9C1845EB993A7A; source 042666B49184CF5C68DE9628D0397B36; destination 0123456789ABCDEFFEDCBA9876543210.

C03D21CDBCB0C58B

Specification and limits

Preserves format and PAN binding. No AES, key derivation, PIN validation or key integrity check. This is a local test calculator, not an HSM.

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