> e-gold passphrase entry can now be optionally performed > by account holders clicking the SRK button next to the > passphrase input box. Yay Jay!!! (gee... that rhymes... :) The SRK (Secure Response Keystroke?) is a great method for enabling people to access their account from untrusted computers (the computer lab, coffee bar, makeshift POS at a meatspace store, etc...) Concerning the makeshift POS - It is now possible for mom&pop/'cottage farm' shops to setup a simple computer w/ net connection, or even just hook a net connection into the computer being used as a register, and start accepting e-gold payments as easily, and 'securely', as they accept plastic payments. It is now actually easier, and quicker, to setup a 'secure' e-gold POS at a local meatspace shop than it is to setup a plastic POS (if a computer is already being used at the counter). The only major worry remaining is that somebody/something (security cameras) might be looking over your shoulder as you click in your passphrase. That is much easier to guard against than some unscrupulous merchant purposefully installing a keystroke logger on the POS (at which point it becomes a real POS POS terminal). Viking Coder ________________ Worth Two Cents? http://www.two-cents-worth.com/?VikingCoder --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
