Skip to main content
O'Reilly home
    • Sign In
    • Try Now
    • Teams
      • For business
      • For government
      • For higher ed
    • Individuals
    • Features
      • All features
      • Certifications
      • Interactive learning
      • Live events
      • Answers
      • Insights reporting
    • Blog
    • Content sponsorship

Keys to the Kingdom by Deviant Ollam

Get full access to Keys to the Kingdom and 60K+ other titles, with free 10-day trial of O'Reilly.

There's also live online events, interactive content, certification prep materials, and more.

Start your free trial

Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Author’s Note

About the Author

About the Technical Editor

Chapter 1. Impressioning

The Mechanics of Pin Tumbler Locks

What is Impressioning?

Why Choose Impressioning?

How Impressioning Works

Tips and Tricks

Open!

Locks That Resist Impressioning

Training Aids and Exercises

Summary

Chapter 2. Soft Medium Attacks

Foil Keys

Wax Keys

Mold-and-Cast Attacks

Summary

Chapter 3. Master-Keyed Systems

Introduction

How Master-Keying Works

Attacking Master-Keyed Systems

Other Methods of Master Key Compromise

Defending Against This Attack

Maison-Keying

Summary

Chapter 4. Bump Keys

Introduction

Snapping Attacks

Bump Keys

Summary

Chapter 5. Overlifting

Introduction

Rear Shimming

Overlifting Wafers ...

Get Keys to the Kingdom now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience live online training, plus books, videos, and digital content from nearly 200 publishers.

Start your free trial

About O’Reilly

  • Teach/write/train
  • Careers
  • Community partners
  • Affiliate program
  • Submit an RFP
  • Diversity
  • O’Reilly for marketers

Support

  • Contact us
  • Newsletters
  • Privacy policy
facebook-logo linkedin-logo youtube-logo

International

  • Australia & New Zealand
  • Hong Kong & Taiwan
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan

Download the O’Reilly App

Take O’Reilly with you and learn anywhere, anytime on your phone and tablet.

Apple app store Google play store

Watch on your big screen

View all O’Reilly videos, Superstream events, and Meet the Expert sessions on your home TV.

Roku Payers and TVs Amazon appstore

Do not sell my personal information

O'Reilly home

© 2023, O’Reilly Media, Inc. All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing on oreilly.com are the property of their respective owners.

Terms of service • Privacy policy • Editorial independence

Don’t leave empty-handed

Get Mark Richards’s Software Architecture Patterns ebook to better understand how to design components—and how they should interact.

It’s yours, free.

Get it now
Cover of Software Architecture Patterns

Check it out now on O’Reilly

Dive in for free with a 10-day trial of the O’Reilly learning platform—then explore all the other resources our members count on to build skills and solve problems every day.

Start your free trial Become a member now