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DESFire EV2/EV3

Transaction MAC Field Visualizer

Visualise the DESFire EV2/EV3 Transaction MAC field: 4-byte counter (TMC) followed by 8-byte MAC value (TMV). Tamper-evident transaction logging in closed-loop ticketing systems.

Input

Decoded

Paste TMAC field bytes.
All decoding runs locally.

About Transaction MAC

DESFire EV2 introduced Transaction MAC files: every successful CommitTransaction increments TMC and produces a fresh CMAC over the transaction state. The backend reconciles its own TMC counter against the card to detect replays, gaps, or tampering.

Spec

NXP DESFire EV2/EV3 datasheet.