Re: Bank Of America - sign on process - how is this secure?
From: Sam Simpson (sam@samsimpson.com)
Date: 11/26/02
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From: "Sam Simpson" <sam@samsimpson.com> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:00:59 -0000
Explain?
"Shaolin Tiger" <r00t@ku.gro.tenkrad> wrote in message
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> Lloydi <nuggiepost.20.lloydi@spamgourmet.com> randomly produced:
>
> > On Bank of America's site they have a sign in box to their online
> > banking on the home page.
> >
> > http://www.bankofamerica.com/index.cfm
> >
> > I want to know, how is this secure? This would surely mean that the
> > informattion typed in to the Online ID and passcode fields are not
> > encrypted by 128 bit SSL when they are sent to the https page.
> > Normally, you have to click through to https hosted page and THEN
> > sign on from there, safe in the knowledge that the details are
> > encrypted properly.
> >
> > Is this secure?
> >
> > Can you explain how they have managed to get around this?
> >
> > I'm mystified. I've had a look at the source code of the page, and I
> > can't really see any client-side masking of the details (and even if
> > I did see that I'd question just how secure this is)
>
> It's not secure, simple as that, you are correct.
>
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