Re: Web transaction security.
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote:
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:
: Jaakko Niemi wrote:
:
: > <snip>
: >
: > This is a ns bug. Really funny, when you are paying bills through
: > a www-service. Or entering passwords/uids/urls... <snip>
: >
: > --j
[ long lines fixed ]
: There was a big discusion in one of the slashdot.org poles awhile
: back, I believe the pole was something like "would you use (or do you
: trust) online shopping?". The consensus of the discussion was that
: it's actually SAFER to give your credit card # over the web. For the
: million different reasons, I suggest you look up this pole on the
: slashdot page and read it. I never trusted online commerce before, but
: now I use it often.
Who's talking about security? I think the point was that if Netscape is
adding "random" characters to an input box on a form, how in the world
do you correctly enter a payment amount, or a credit card number?
Think about it :)
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PS. I think you meant the "poll" on slashdot.
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