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On Thursday 07 February 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:27:51 +0100, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> > > In the context of online banking, where Windows of some flavour is the |
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> > > desktop OS, I see a substantial risk arising through spyware and/or |
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> > > viruses. I suspect that a neat way to mitigate this would be to run |
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> > > an OS from a CD which offers nothing more fancy than a basic |
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> > > web-browser. |
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> > > |
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> > > Is there anything like this already available? |
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> > |
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> > DSL should come fairly close. |
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> |
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> Dillo doesn't work with the online banking sites, and many others, that I |
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> tried. |
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Basic web browsers do not have the javascript, Java (and soon enough flash?) |
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functionality that the majority of banking sites require. Wouldn't Knoppix |
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with its Firefox and equivalents do the job for you, after you set root and |
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knoppix passwds? BTW, Konqueror will also work with many banking sites, but |
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you may need to change the browser agent identification, treatment of cookies |
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and so on. YMMV. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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