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American Banker article on First Virtual
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas C. Allard)
Thu Feb 1 15:27:00 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 15:19:17 -0500
From: "Thomas C. Allard" <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
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In today's (Thursday, February 1) American Banker:
Warning About Internet Payment Security Raises Cries of 'False Alarm'
By KAREN EPPER and MATT BARTHEL
Just when bankers may be thinking it is safe to go on-line, First Virtual
Holdings Inc. says it has evidence of a significant threat to the security of
electronic payments over the Internet.
But some in the industry said First Virtual's publicizing of the flaw, which
the company claims to have uncovered, is a self-serving attempt to win support
for its own security strategy.
[...rest of article trimmed... "Fair Use" and all that...]
rgds-- TA (tallard@frb.gov)
I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, it doesn't speak for me.
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