On 21-Apr-00, jim noble wrote:
> Response to Fred Wright's comment about
> [Miami] Re: [Miami-Ann] MiamiSSL 2.21 available --
>
>> Unfortunately that still isn't making WellsFargo happy. I'm not sure
>> exactly what it's checking, but the certificate references I see with
>
> Maybe Wells Fargo is one of those institutions that should be allowed
> to die. I got away from them years ago...
...
> For security reasons, certain browsers will soon "expire" their ability
> to perform sensitive transactions such as Internet banking. In order to
> maintain its high degree of customer security, Wells Fargo will soon be
> unable to allow access to customers using these browsers. In order to
> continue their banking activities, those customers will need to upgrade
> to newer versions of their favorite browsers.
Obviously a clueless bunch. The older versions of IE that didn't support
all that "nifty" ActiveX stuff would obviously be much more secure than
recent versions. Every bell and whistle they add to IE seems to be
another exploitable "feature".
Do these people even understand what makes a browser secure?
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