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doc: add ISO7816-specs pointer article
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sat, 29 Jul 2023 07:53:49 +0000
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1 It has been brought to the attention of the Supreme Revolutionary Command that
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2 the official custodians of ISO/IEC 7816 specs refuse to freely publish their
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3 documents, forcing technical users in need of these specs to locate them on
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4 unofficial "pirate" sites instead of an official authoritative source.
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5 Furthermore, the most active hacker community experts on the subject matter of
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6 SIM cards - almost all of whom work under the umbrella of Osmocom - are being
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7 cowardly in that they refuse to join the International Union of Lawbreakers, and
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8 they say nonsense like "you have to pay for those specs" instead of pointing
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9 users at some chosen-as-official pirate site for downloadable copies.
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11 To remedy this situation, we (FreeCalypso/IFCTF) have posted known-good PDF
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12 copies of ISO/IEC 7816-3 and 7816-4 specs on our own FTP site. You can download
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13 them here:
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15 Anonymous FTP server: ftp.freecalypso.org
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16 Directory: /pub/GSM/ISO7816
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17 Downloadable files: ISO_7816-3_2006.pdf and ISO_7816-4_2005.pdf
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19 Note the absense of URL notation: in keeping with the principles of Holy
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20 retrocomputing, please use a traditional command line FTP client, such as the
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21 original Berkeley UNIX command line program called simply 'ftp'.