[No Thirst Software] Re: Auto downloads / recommendation

2008-12-22 Thread Jaysen
To automate a transaction of this type you need to have static storage of tokens. in THEORY any cipher is breakable given enough time an power. Given that most encryption standards in use today are not really very strong and most keys are easily accessible to a smart person (with direct access to

[No Thirst Software] Re: Auto downloads / recommendation

2008-12-20 Thread Kevin Hoctor
On Dec 20, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Kevin M wrote: I have several accounts that I use for various purposes and now that I'm manually downloading transactions, I'm starting to re-think the need for all these accounts. However, I have contacted the bank where my primary checking account is held

[No Thirst Software] Re: Auto downloads / recommendation

2008-12-20 Thread Jaysen
The bank is correct about the secondary auth problem. Most banks take an unrealistic approach to net based security though. Things like verification tokens that are stored as cookies are not really secure. A real 2 factor authentication will involve one time use keys or rotating fobs. The cost of