On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:28:42 -0500 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Saturday 24 March 2007 06:03, Dale wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm hoping someone can explain this to me and maybe even offer a > >> workaround. This may only apply to us U.S. folks. Banks and > >> credit card company are in the process of changing the way you log > >> into a website. It "registers" your computer when you sign up as > >> a security "feature". Problem is, this doesn't work with Linux > >> and I suspect it doesn't work on a Mac either. I'm not sure, nor > >> can I find out, what it uses to "register" my computer. It may be > >> a CPU serial number or something like that. > >> > > > > Nah, I don't think they are that sophisticated. Your link seems to > > work fine in Opera and Firefox, but does not work in Konqueror. I > > am talking about accepting all cookies here, because it is cookies > > and IP address that they use to identify your computer. > > > > > >> I also don't know if this is Linux or the web browser, I use > >> Seamonkey. I plan to test a theory at my brothers that uses > >> winders XP and Seamonkey to see if it works up there. > >> > > > > I think that it may have something to do with the way you have > > configured your cookies. Invariably they need you to accept > > 'referrer logging' and third party cookies. This is because they > > most often than not use a different server to log who the users are. > > > > > >> Any ideas?? Am I cooked? > >> > > > > I don't think that you are cooked, but it seems that you will need > > to change your cookie policy on the browser in question. > > > > PS. The more stupid of the banks also discriminate against anything > > other than MSIE. This can in most cases be bypassed by setting > > your browser to be identified as IE (it returns the appropriate > > headers to the server once you set it up to do so). > > > > OK. This is a start in the right direction. I checked on my cookie > settings and here is what I have it set too in Seamonkey. Under > "Cookie Acceptance Policy" I have it set to "Allow All Cookies" which > is as allowable a policy as it has. Under "Cookie Retention Policy" > I have it set to "Accept Cookies Normally" which is the most > allowable policy it has. So you may could say I have it set to the > least secure and wide open setting there is. Keep in mind that all > other sites store my login information just fine. It is just this > Passmark crap that doesn't work. > > Any ideas on what I can change here? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) :-) > How about your bank ? ; )
wells fargo online services work fine for me, as did those of US bank. Don't know if you have ever heard of those... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
