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  From: Anthony Rumble <smilie@emusys.com.au>
  To  : Reynolds, Steve (DAIS) <Reynolds.Steve@saugov.sa.gov.au>
  Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:07:56 +1000 (EST)

RE: Internet banking

On Fri, 14 May 1999, Reynolds, Steve (DAIS) wrote:

Heres the URL to my (Very Draft) Electronic-Banking on Linux HOWTO

http://www.emusys.com.au/~smilie/Electronic-Banking-HOWTO.html

It has instructions on getting the NAB system to work with linux.
(mostly)

Anthony

> I use NAB Internet Banking. They use a Java interface that works fine for
> me. It does take a short while to download the data over a 28.8 modem, but
> I'm very happy with the service. All the usual services, account balances,
> transaction history, transfers, BPAY.
> 
> It sure beats banking at a hole in the wall, or trying to use the dreadful
> phone banking service.
> 
> My desktop machine runs a Microsoft O/S, I don't know if the NAB Internet
> Banking system will work on a Linux workstation.
> 
> Steve
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Sharpe [mailto:sharpe@ns.aus.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, 13 May 1999 23:34
> > To: LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
> > Subject: Internet banking and Adelaide bank
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Who else has used internet banking services offered by the banks?
> > 
> > I ask because I have just used Adelaide Bank's internet 
> > banking service,
> > and I found a number of aspects less than desirable:
> > 
> > 1. It forces me to enable Java on my browsers. I run with 
> > Java disabled
> > because of the serious security problems surrounding the current Java
> > implementations. Please see the BugTraq mailing lists for 
> > info on these.
> > 
> > 2. It takes a damn long time to load, although it may now be 
> > in the cache.
> > 
> > 3. The little lock on the applet was broken all the time, 
> > indicating that
> > they are not using SSL, and my account details, including possibly by
> > access number are potentially exposed for anyone (in the 
> > right place) to
> > capture and use.
> > 
> > So, I wonder how other banks do it?
> 
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