Re: security question

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca>]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 07:51:38PM +0300, Bogdan wrote:
> Although I don't like it, the bank i work with only offers Internet 
> Banking that works only under Internet Explorer. So, unfortunately, if I 
> want to check out my account I see myself obliged to boot Windows :(. I 
> know that IE can be installed through wine but no one  seems to guaranty 
> safety... Would IE installed on my Debian be less safe than the one 
> running in it's native environment? If yes, why would that be so?

I wouldn't trust IE to do banking in any event.

Actually, I don't trust any internet banking.  I go to the bank, the
bank's machine, or I phone them.

Doug.