On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 13:48:13 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2015-11-02 12:35:43 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:19:46 -0500 > > Jack Dangler <tdl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Got a msg this morning from online bank service that my browser > > > > Your banking service is being lazy; They don't want to 'support' an > > older version Ff. If Iceweasel still works on their site, carry on > > using it. Security issues with IW v31 notwithstanding, of course. > > The reason is probably security issues. This may be a good reason > for banking services. FF 31 is no longer supported: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_release_history > > "End-of-life 31.x.x ESR product line on August 11, 2015."
The reason you advance is probably the one which bank's IT section would give if you asked them. Quite how a user's browser can compromise the security of the site itself is unlikely to be explained. The OP could look at https://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel#User-Agent_string