The National Australia Bank Internet Banking has overcome any possibility of
keyboard sniffing, as their Internet Banking program is a separate Java
Internet client, and the only way to enter a password is by clicking on an
image of a keyboard in a movable small window, so the password is never
typed. Also, the login customer number is completely different from any
publicly known account number a person may hold, and does not appear on any
bank statement.
Regards,
Ian Green
Alpha Omega Computers Pty Ltd
ao.com.au
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Viking Coder
> Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 9:02 AM
> To: e-gold Discussion
> Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Open Letter to Douglas Jackson: E-gold
> Weakness
>
>
> > offshoresurfer wrote
> > I don't see any problem with people knowing my account number
> per se, but I
> > agree the e-gold system only offers very basic level security.
> To get into
> > my main online bank account and send money, I need:
> >
> > 1) A customer login number - not the same as my account number
> > 2) A permanent password
> > 3) A password requested at random from a list of 25 on a card.
>
> How does this protect you from the keyboard sniffer attack? You have to
> type in your customer login number & permanent password every time and all
> 25 passwords will be eventually gathered.
>
> The more important lesson here is to not open every single attachment sent
> to you and to be sure that you are ONLY entering your passphrase at the
> https://www.e-gold.com site; NOT the http://www.e-qold.com site. Also make
> sure you have a secure, hard to guess passphrase.
>
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