On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 19:34, Sameer Niphadkar wrote:
>    Hi ppl,
>    I am a Compsci BE student from Mumbai.I am doing my final yr = project
>    in Bank Network & Security Sys both for Core Banking Solutions    
> [Finacle-Infosys] as well as Total Branch Automation products.Being a

Can you tell us the actual work you are going to do on this project?
AFAIK, the Finacle CBS solution from Infosys has a Solaris backend (+
Oracle DB) and the traffic runs on SSL. So in effect, any more security
you are going to add to the system is going to be a generic network
security solution. Many of the TBA packages by various software firms
are either -
1. Based on netware using IPX 
2. Based on a terminals using terminal emulation to connect to a server
   within a branch 
3. Standalone computers having standalone applications. 

>    linux= enthusiast, I know that linux provides excellent solutions to
>    the banking = sector in terms of compatibility, consiceness,
>    network-security and TCO. Bu= t I would like to receive some feedback
>    from this experienced group, esp fr= om ppl who have tried using linux
>    in Banking sys, about the advantages of u= sing open source products
>    over std commercial software.Links to web-pages/a= rticles about
>    deployment of linux in banking sectors will also be very valu= able.

While I haven't been following the banking sector closely, I think Linux
is mostly used on simple things like Web services, Mail, perimeter
security. I haven't heard of Linux being actually used on systems
carrying out transactions. The onus is probably on the software
developer on the platform of her choice. I haven't heard about a
software company using Linux for Banking applications. Anyone, please
correct if I am wrong.

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Nilesh Chaudhari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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