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Re: The wisdom of the ill informed

Ivan Krstić
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:31:12 -0700

On Jul 1, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
My experience with European banks is quite limited -- my consulting
practice is pretty much US centric. My general understanding, however,
is that they are doing better, not worse, with login security.


As a data point, the largest bank in Croatia used to mail customers pre-printed TAN lists. Some number of years ago, they switched to (non- SecurID) tokens which require a 4-digit PIN to turn on, and then provide two functions: a login OTP and a challenge/response system for authorizing individual transactions. Your username is simply the token's serial number, though it's not clear if these are in fact serial.

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