Knowing the site is a fake or not ? Bank switching to windows ?

[Robin Laing]

Thomas Taylor wrote:
> On Monday 06 June 2005 12:39, James T. Carver wrote:
> 
>>On Monday 06 June 2005 10:57 am, fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Robin Laing wrote:
>>>
>>>>In my case, if it is really a place that I need security (bank), it is
>>>>a phone call.  My online bank will only allow 3 mistake logins within a
>>>>short time and then it requires a phone call to get the access opened.
>>>>
>>>>If I get a password by email, I change it on the first new login.
>>>>
>>>>The odds of a single email sniffed is pretty low in my opinion.  And if
>>>>you are on the ball, you request the password when you will receive it
>>>>and hopefully act before the sniffer can even go through the data.
>>>
>>>Some banks in europe will hand you a sheet of one-time passwords to be
>>>used in order in the event that other mechanisms fail or are
>>>inappropriate.
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is an interesting thought.  When one bank that we used changed
>>>>from UNIX to Windows servers, the passwords became case insensitive and
>>>>would not accept some characters.  We raised this with the bank and
>>>>they didn't seem to concerned.
>>>
>>>--
>>
>>Just knowing that the bank switched from linux/unix to windows makes me
>>leary of doing business with that bank to begin with. even with the latest
>>and greatest from$icrosoft there are so many holes you could drive a truck
>>through them. If the bank wouldn't let you use case senstive and other
>>character passwords it just make cracking that bank easier so I sure would
>>take my money and put it into a different bank.
>>
>>James
> 
> 
> Is someone willing to name the bank and possibly help us avoid a risky 
> experience?
> 
> Tom

This was some time ago.  I was the TD bank in Canada.  I would have to 
confirm that this is still the case.

I don't deal with them now and I haven't for years.  The bank I deal 
with supports Firefox but not Mozilla.  If you set some of the 
security features, you cannot download your statement due to pop-ups. 
  I use Mozilla and it is great.  On logout they actually tell you to 
clear your cache and/or shut down your browser to clear any tokens.

-- 
Robin Laing