WO2002033663A1 - Verfahren zur überprüfung von auf postsendungen aufgebrachten frankiervermerken - Google Patents
Verfahren zur überprüfung von auf postsendungen aufgebrachten frankiervermerken Download PDFInfo
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- WO2002033663A1 WO2002033663A1 PCT/DE2001/003893 DE0103893W WO0233663A1 WO 2002033663 A1 WO2002033663 A1 WO 2002033663A1 DE 0103893 W DE0103893 W DE 0103893W WO 0233663 A1 WO0233663 A1 WO 0233663A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
- G07B2017/00443—Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/0079—Time-dependency
- G07B2017/00806—Limited validity time
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/00846—Key management
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/00846—Key management
- G07B2017/0087—Key distribution
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/00846—Key management
- G07B2017/00895—Key verification, e.g. by using trusted party
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/00911—Trusted party
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- the invention relates to a method for checking franking marks applied to postal items in a checking point, the checking point decoding the identity and authenticity of a customer system generating the postage indicium by decrypting cryptographic security elements originating from a trustworthy certification point.
- the keys have a key length that makes decryption impossible in the envisaged encryption methods, the danger must be avoided that a member of a narrow circle of people who is informed about the shape of the key uses or passes on this information about the key without authorization.
- the invention has for its object to provide a method for checking franking marks applied to postal items, which combines a high level of manipulation security with a quick possibility of checking the franking marks in the checking station.
- this object is achieved in that a key is selected by means contained in the checking body, for which the probability that the data was encrypted in the certification body is particularly high.
- the invention makes it possible to quickly and reliably decipher cryptographic information contained in a franking mark without using a pointer.
- This method is particularly secure when all the data of the franking mark is such that it contains no information about a key to be used.
- the means contained in the checking body checks whether decryption with the most likely key was successful.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a key verification process
- FIG. 2 shows a basic illustration of a time dependence of the use of key phase indicators according to the invention.
- a key change can be agreed between the certification body and the inspection body. This key change is preferably carried out independently of other cryptographic security elements that are exchanged between the certification body and the customer system.
- Preferred exemplary embodiments of the checking method according to the invention are shown below, a key being determined in the checking point for decrypting security elements for which the probability that the data was encrypted is particularly high.
- the security elements were previously encrypted by a certification body and transmitted to a customer system, which in turn adopted the franking mark. It is particularly advantageous to carry out the method in such a way that a customer system is able to generate postage indicia that can be checked for manipulation or counterfeiting in a checkpoint, these postage indicia must be cryptographic
- the certification body is such a trustworthy source from the point of view of the inspection body. Prior to the generation of the franking marks in the customer system, the certification body sends the cryptographic security elements in such an encrypted manner that only the checking body can decrypt them. Corresponding keys for encryption and decryption are required on the part of the certification body and the verification body.
- an optional one can be installed between the certification body and the customer system
- Franking note are forwarded to the checkpoint and this enables them to determine with greater probability a corresponding key for decrypting the cryptographic security elements.
- the franking mark is now examined for manipulation or counterfeiting in the checking office by several in Question coming keys for decrypting cryptographic of the security elements are kept ready.
- Decryption key in question selected those for whom the probability that they were used to encrypt the data in the certification body is particularly high. To determine the most probable key, at least one of the sequences of procedural steps shown below is carried out:
- the keys used in this period are sorted according to a predetermined order, e.g. chronologically, when the most probable keys were first used for testing. This is followed by a check of the less likely keys that were also used in neighboring periods with neighboring KeyPhase indicators. Since other keys become even less likely, the check can be stopped for a certain (low) probability for another key and the franking mark can be considered invalid.
- the inspection body proceeds as follows: In the anti-chronological direction, the inspection body has a key phase Indicator too, looking backwards from the key phase indicator currently in use. In this way, the finding of the corresponding key is optimized.
- FIG. 2 shows a preferred coordination of periods for key phase indicators and periods for the use of keys. It should be noted that the introduction of the key phase indicators in particular also covers the overlap periods for key changes (which are exaggerated in the figure).
- a franking mark that contains the key phase indicator KPI3 as accompanying information or is assigned this key phase indicator due to the lack of accompanying information is first decrypted with key S4, since this key was used with a high probability during this period in addition to key S5 and that Key S4 was used chronologically before the key S5. If the decryption fails with the key S4, the key S5 is used. If the decryption with key S5 also fails, the less likely key S3 is used for decryption.
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AT01987933T ATE310291T1 (de) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Verfahren zur überprüfung von auf postsendungen aufgebrachten frankiervermerken |
NZ525220A NZ525220A (en) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Method for checking postage stamps on letters and parcels |
CA002426520A CA2426520A1 (en) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Method for checking postage stamps on letters and parcels |
EP01987933A EP1328905B1 (de) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Verfahren zur überprüfung von auf postsendungen aufgebrachten frankiervermerken |
AU2049502A AU2049502A (en) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Method for checking postage stamps on letters and parcels |
DE50108108T DE50108108D1 (de) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Verfahren zur überprüfung von auf postsendungen aufgebrachten frankiervermerken |
JP2002536971A JP4133321B2 (ja) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | 郵便物に貼付された郵便料金支払証を検査する方法 |
US10/399,244 US20040054631A1 (en) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Method for checking postage stamps on letters and parcels |
AU2002220495A AU2002220495B2 (en) | 2000-10-18 | 2001-10-16 | Method for checking postage stamps on letters and parcels |
HK03109080A HK1058095A1 (en) | 2000-10-18 | 2003-12-12 | Method for checking postage stamps on letters and parcels |
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DE10051818A DE10051818A1 (de) | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Verfahren zur Überprüfung von auf Postsendungen aufgebrachten Frankiervermerken |
DE10051818.4 | 2000-10-18 |
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US (1) | US20040054631A1 (de) |
EP (1) | EP1328905B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP4133321B2 (de) |
AT (1) | ATE310291T1 (de) |
AU (2) | AU2049502A (de) |
CA (1) | CA2426520A1 (de) |
DE (2) | DE10051818A1 (de) |
HK (1) | HK1058095A1 (de) |
NZ (1) | NZ525220A (de) |
WO (1) | WO2002033663A1 (de) |
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ATE310291T1 (de) | 2005-12-15 |
EP1328905B1 (de) | 2005-11-16 |
EP1328905A1 (de) | 2003-07-23 |
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CA2426520A1 (en) | 2003-04-17 |
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