Linux-powered PIN pads add security to GB petrol stations
Nov 11, 2004 — by Henry Kingman — from the LinuxDevices Archive — viewsThe world's tenth-largest company, and second-largest oil company, chose a Linux-based PIN-pad entry device (PED) for its UK and Ireland gas stations. Shell selected Trintech's Smart 5000 PED because the hybrid card reader supports both magnetic swipe/signature authentication and the new generation of chip-and-PIN smart cards.
Find out more about the Shell roll-out, chip-and-pin authentication, and the world's fastest chip-and-pin PED in our complete Device Profile.
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