> How about this for instance? I am a net banking user. > I login to my bank > a/c from my non-superuser a/c. Malware, say a > keylogger, running on my > system can cause some damage - perhaps not to the > 'system' the way you > meant. But a compromised bank a/c is more damaging to > me than say, a > formatted hard disk. ;)
Another point before I forget: I don't know about you, but where I live, we have special hardware devices with SIM cards that will generate a key for us to get into our e-banking sites, based on a random generated code. The hardware device must be unlocked with a PIN first, then a random generated number from a login website must be put into the device to get a final code. So even if a keylogger was running on my system, by the time that information is sent to the attacker, it's already too late. He/she wouldn't be able to use the information because it would be missing several pieces that aren't reconstructable. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
