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X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:06:20 +0530 To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann), cryptography@metzdowd.com From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <E1BVnN1-00029s-Uz@medusa01> At 01:44 PM 6/3/2004, Peter Gutmann wrote: >One-time passwords (TANs) was another thing I covered in the "Why isn't the >Internet secure yet, dammit!" talk I mentioned here a few days ago. From >talking to assorted (non-European) banks, I haven't been able to find any that >are planning to introduce these in the foreseeable future. I've also been >unable to get any credible explanation as to why not, as far as I can tell >it's "We're not hurting enough yet". Citibank in India experimented with a special case of this a few years ago - "online credit cards" - basically, a credit card number valid for one use only, which would be ideal for online purchasing. IIRC, the offering was withdrawn because there weren't enough takers. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com
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