On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:34:24 +1100 James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 07:22 +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm about to give an interview on the ABC concerning the EFT Code of > > Conduct. I realised that I am ignorant on the following question: > > > > When a customer connects for on-line banking, is it possible to > > identify the system that the customer is using? Can they tell it is > > Windows 98, XP, etc? > > > > Thanks for any feedback on this. > > > > Alan > > Hi Alan, > > It is possible to identify the OS that a browser is based on, as this > is part of the information the browser sends to the server. However in > browsers outside of IE this is spoofable. Thanks James. One of the proposals for the new EFT Code is that users be liable for all losses caused by infected computers. My point is going to be that this is inappropriate as long as the banks do not restrict connections from older systems that are known to be insecure. > -- > James Purser > Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air > A LocalFOSS Production > http://www.localfoss.org > irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
