[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 18 Mar 2007, Von Fugal wrote:
Unfortunately, with Zions, at least as far as I've seen, the "username" that they use is your SSN. You may not have looked far enough. I do my dad's online banking (bill paying) with Zions when he's away, and his banking username has nothing to do with his SSN. I make no claim about the overall security of their login process--I just offer empirical evidence that for this particular bank, username does not necessarily equal SSN. Chris I avoid banks - go Credit Unions! Bank is, after all, a 4 letter word... Most banks and credit unions use http for the front page and other public pages. Encryption increases bandwidth usage, so for large banks this makes sense. When you submit your password, it switches to https to encrypt your user name/password combo. Use a packet sniffer to make sure, but usually, even when the login page is http, your password will get sent https. References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
