Mitchell,
Would please give me the site for the Bug report?
Mike Schneier
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Mitchell Stoltz wrote:
> Several banks block Netscape 6.1 (which has the user-agent string
> "Mozilla/5.0...") because they believe it's not secure. Many banks have
> also reversed their positions on this matter. We stand by our security.
> File a bug in Bugzilla, in the Evangelism component, and mention that
> your bank blocks Netscape, and give us the name of the bank, and we'll
> try to convinve them. Netscape 6.1 does have 128-bit encryption - your
> bank is just being stupid.
> -Mitch
>
> Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
> > M. Schneier wrote:
> >
> >> Why won't banks recognize the Mozilla 5 Browser for on-line Banking. I
> >> mention Mozilla 5 even though I'm using 6.1 because the page on which I
> >> have to set up my on-line banking for Netscape 6.1 mentioned that I have
> >> to upgrade my browser from Mozilla 5 to get 128 encryption.
> >>
> > Telling you to "upgrade" from Mozilla 5.0 is just silly.
> >
> > If you bank refuses to accept Mozilla or Netscape 6 as browser, complain
> > at your bank. It is not a fault of the browser - it works just fine for
> > me (Deutsche Bank 24 in Germany).
> >
> >
