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From: Floyd Anderson <f.a@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What Firefox (what browser) for Online-Banking?
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 07:04:49
Message-Id: 20170108070436.GA17453@xmail.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: What Firefox (what browser) for Online-Banking? by Ian Zimmerman
1 On Sat, 07 Jan 15:01:54 -0800
2 Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> wrote:
3 >What if the bank website uses bazillions of random CDN domains?
4
5 In the case it wasn’t rhetorically, handle those like any other
6 opportunity where you have the ability of a choice — take it or leave it
7 with all consequences. What do one have to lose as finding oneself
8 returned to the starting point of the problem if a suggestion doesn’t
9 work? I only see it may be time-consuming (sometimes wasting) as with
10 all kind of stuff one would like to learn, test or understand.
11
12 Try to figure out how to record all those bazillion domains in the
13 client proxy file. Are they really necessary for a transaction? Maybe
14 there is a chance they all uses the same randomly pattern which probably
15 can be matched by functions like shExpMatch() for URL/host-name-based
16 conditions.
17
18 If you’re concerning about performance of those bazillion CDN domains —
19 What about bazillion entries in ad-blocker filter lists while using the
20 all-day browser profile?
21
22 Anyway, if all sucks one is hopefully free to change the bank (and don’t
23 forget to let them know why)! Non morality things may reach their
24 break-even point someday. How many users would a non SSL/TLS banking
25 website have today?
26
27 It seems I’m a little bit in optimistic mode, even if I know it isn’t
28 always that simple (e.g. especially for end users not familiar with
29 and/or interested in computer specific topics).
30
31 --
32 Best regards,
33 Floyd Anderson