On Thursday 07 February 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:27:51 +0100, Michael Schmarck wrote: > > > In the context of online banking, where Windows of some flavour is the > > > desktop OS, I see a substantial risk arising through spyware and/or > > > viruses. I suspect that a neat way to mitigate this would be to run > > > an OS from a CD which offers nothing more fancy than a basic > > > web-browser. > > > > > > Is there anything like this already available? > > > > DSL should come fairly close. > > Dillo doesn't work with the online banking sites, and many others, that I > tried.
Basic web browsers do not have the javascript, Java (and soon enough flash?) functionality that the majority of banking sites require. Wouldn't Knoppix with its Firefox and equivalents do the job for you, after you set root and knoppix passwds? BTW, Konqueror will also work with many banking sites, but you may need to change the browser agent identification, treatment of cookies and so on. YMMV. -- Regards, Mick
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