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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Horribly off-topic linux distro question...
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:36:14
Message-Id: 200802071832.51559.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Horribly off-topic linux distro question... by Neil Bothwick
1 On Thursday 07 February 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:27:51 +0100, Michael Schmarck wrote:
3 > > > In the context of online banking, where Windows of some flavour is the
4 > > > desktop OS, I see a substantial risk arising through spyware and/or
5 > > > viruses. I suspect that a neat way to mitigate this would be to run
6 > > > an OS from a CD which offers nothing more fancy than a basic
7 > > > web-browser.
8 > > >
9 > > > Is there anything like this already available?
10 > >
11 > > DSL should come fairly close.
12 >
13 > Dillo doesn't work with the online banking sites, and many others, that I
14 > tried.
15
16 Basic web browsers do not have the javascript, Java (and soon enough flash?)
17 functionality that the majority of banking sites require. Wouldn't Knoppix
18 with its Firefox and equivalents do the job for you, after you set root and
19 knoppix passwds? BTW, Konqueror will also work with many banking sites, but
20 you may need to change the browser agent identification, treatment of cookies
21 and so on. YMMV.
22 --
23 Regards,
24 Mick

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