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Re: [LUG] Bad banks



The Natwest site doesn't recognise Opera either, nor Netscape/Mozilla :-((

Bill


On Saturday 11 Jan 2003 9:45 am, Rob Cornelius wrote:
> Dont even mention Natwest.:(
>
> They site refuses to accept any other browser apart from IE. I havent
> tried it using Opera identifying itself as IE though.
>
> I complained to them pointing out the various known security flaws with
> IE and https etc. The reply I was sent was that the Natwest site "doesnt
> use those security methods" My reply to them that they should check the
> little padlock icon in the corner of their browser when they use their
> own site remains unanswered....... ;)
>
> Rob
>
> On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 23:12, Adrian Midgley wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 January 2003 11:40, you wrote:
> > > I can't believe it. I spend several hours getting my parents jacked up
> > > with Linux, and my Dad uses Halifix onlne banking, so I load this URL
> > > up in Mozilla:
> > > http://www.halifax-online.co.uk/
> >
> > Bank of Scotland Internet Banking seems OK with Opera 6 on WIndows...
> > displays OK with O6 in Linux, but something about the authorisation
> > doesn't quite work yet there.
> >
> > Their developers seem interested, but I suppose feel impelled first to
> > get the buggy insecure browser to look as if it works, before they give
> > us secure connections.  Its not a bad bank, and I think Halifax and BOS
> > combined a while back.
> >
> > --
> >
> > >From one of the Linux desktops of Dr Adrian Midgley
> >
> > http://www.defoam.net/
> >
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