Generate Auth Para at the Card Issuer

Command:

Generate Auth Para at the Card Issuer.

Note:

The command enables the Card Issuer to generate Auth Para when no PIN is to be verified, but the CD fields are not known at the Acquirer. Auth Para is returned encrypted under a variant of a Zone PIN key (ZPK).

 




Field

Length & Type

Details

COMMAND MESSAGE

Message header

m A

(Subsequently returned to the Host unchanged).

Command code

2 A

Value RU.

Source zone PIN key

16H or
1A+32H or 1A+48H

ZPK encrypted under LMK pair 06-07.

AB

16 H

  

CD

16 H

  

STAN

6 N

  

CATID

16 H

Representing the 64 bit field.

AT

12 H

  

End message delimiter

1 C

Optional. Must be present if a message trailer is present. Value X’19.

Message trailer

n A

Optional. Maximum length 32 characters.

RESPONSE MESSAGE

Message header

n A

Returned to the Host unchanged.

Response code

2 A

Value RV.

Error code

2 N

00 : No errors

10 : ZPK parity error

12 : No keys loaded in user storage

13 : LMK error; report to supervisor

15 : Error in input data

90 : Communications link parity error

91 : Communications link LRC error

92 : Transparent async data length error

Auth Para

16 H

Auth Para encrypted under a variant of ZPK d (only if there is no error).

End message delimiter

1 C

Present only if present in the command message. Value X’19.

Message trailer

n A

Present only if present in the command message. Maximum length 32 characters.