From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 00:00:25 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1488 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 06 May 2007 Number 1488 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Mail problem : Alan Duval **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 17:58:06 +1000 From: Alan Duval Subject: Mail problem Hi, Am sending this for the third time as my ISP isn't delivering it.. John Angelico wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:28:25 +1000, Alan Duval wrote: > > > >> Hi, >> >> Sent this query a couple of days ago but it seems to have vanished >> into the ether. >> >> My query: >> Would it be safer to do online banking using a live CD rather than >> one's normal OS so that nothing gets written to the HD? >> >> Regards, >> >> > > > > > Hi Alan. > > There is a lot more to security of online banking than that, but it's a > good start. > > You will need to describe the circumstnces more though. > > Is it to be from home, or a public place? > > From home > Anyone apart from you going to do the banking? > > No > Lots more questions, but my brain is saturated with this week. > > My reason for the question is that I do most of my banking and payment of bills via internet and have just read of concerns that quite sophisticated methods are being used to take over private internet accounts and that passwords and account numbers no longer provide adequate security. Regards, Alan Duval ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------