[5238] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Security Lab To Certify Banking Applications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Tue Jul 27 11:47:49 1999
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:15:23 -0500
To: Rick Smith <rick_smith@securecomputing.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990727094718.009765e0@mailhost.sctc.com>
Cc: Tom Weinstein <tomw@geocast.com>, Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>,
dcsb@ai.mit.edu, cryptography@c2.net,
Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>
In <3.0.3.32.19990727094718.009765e0@mailhost.sctc.com>, on 07/27/99
at 09:47 AM, Rick Smith <rick_smith@securecomputing.com> said:
>Regarding the general direction of these comments....
>>"William H. Geiger III" wrote:
>>> Well I have my doubts on this. Either they refuse to certify Microsoft &
>>> Netscape software and alienate 90% of the consumer market, or they do
>>> certify them making their certification worthless.
>At 04:39 PM 7/26/99 -0700, Tom Weinstein wrote:
>>While they certainly couldn't certify any browser that included Java or
>>JavaScript, .....
>Naturally I understand the logic behind these, but it's a bit like saying
>"We won't sell anyone a car unless it's burglarproof." People use their
>cars quite a bit even though they're expensive and risk of being stolen.
Yes but they are not using them to carry around my bank balance either.
When we start talking about the security of trillions of dollars in e-comm
transactions the incentives are very high to break the system.
>I basically gave up on Java-bashing when I encountered Java and/or
>Javascript on DoD web sites dedicated to computer security awareness.
>Clearly the battle had been lost :-Q
And the number 1 oxymoron is ... Military Intelligence!!
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