On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 07:45:02AM +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: > 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.
My 2c, but isn't that just lazyness of the banks part. the getting around key loggers shouldn't be that hard. Banks in US have started to hand out 2 token authentication devices. IMB provides you with a encoding matrix for your password so the same key combination doesn't always log you in > > > > > -- > > 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 >
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