CWA 16374-6:2011

Extensions for Financial Services (XFS) interface specification Release 3.20 - Part 6: PIN Keypad Device Class Interface Programmer's Reference CWA 16374-6:2011

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CEN

CEN/WS XFS eXtensions for Financial Services

CEN/CENELEC Workshop Agreement

35.240.40   IT applications in banking

Scope

This section describes the application program interface for personal identification number keypads (PIN pads) and other encryption/decryption devices. This description includes definitions of the service-specific commands that can be issued, using the WFSAsyncExecute, WFSExecute, WFSGetInfo and WFSAsyncGetInfo functions.
This section describes the general interface for the following functions:
- Administration of encryption devices
- Loading of encryption keys
- Encryption / decryption
- Entering Personal Identification Numbers (PINs)
- PIN verification
- PIN block generation (encrypted PIN)
- Clear text data handling
- Function key handling
- PIN presentation to chipcard
- Read and write safety critical Terminal Data from/to HSM
- HSM and Chipcard Authentication
- EMV 4.0 PIN blocks, EMV 4.0 public key loading, static and dynamic data verification

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