This is a 60-second tutorial on how to use the Encrypt/Decrypt tool (EncryptionDecryptionTool.html) to decrypt a chunk of encrypted transaction data, such as Track 1 data or TLV data, from a card reader that does encryption.

1. First, download the Encrypt/Decrypt tool to your local machine. Save it anywhere.

2. Open the tool with your favorite web browser. It should look like the screenshot below. NOTE: If the top control says "What would you like to do?", click it and choose Encrypt or decrypt data from the drop-down menu.

3. Copy and paste the encrypted data (which you want to decrypt) into the Data field of the tool, as shown below:
   
   
   

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4. Click the small Derive... button (under the Key field, on the right; see screenshot above).

5. A small dialog will pop up. The dialog has two text fields. The top one is for the BDK. This field is prepopulated with a test key value of 0123456789ABCDEFFEDCBA9876543210. (If this is not the actual BDK you want to use, type or paste the correct value into the field.)

6. Obtain the KSN for your transaction. (It will be ten hex values.) Enter it into the second text field, as shown below:
   
   
   

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     NOTE: The hex value can be upper and lower case and may (optionally) contain spaces.
   
   

7. Click the Derive Key button. A key value will appear, behind the dialog, in the Key field of the main window.

8. To dismiss the small popup dialog, simply click into the main window.

9. If your data is AES-encrypted, click the Use AES checkbox at the bottom of the main window. If your data is TDES-encrypted (or you don't know), go to the next step.

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