Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ William Poaster on Friday 04 January 2008 18:56 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ____/ thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Friday 04 January 2008 14:16 :
>>> \____
>>>
>>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You'd think that Banks, of all people, would steer clear of Windows and
>>>>> use something secure, like Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Increasingly they do; I've done a bit of consulting work in the
>>>> banking industry a few years ago and they were rolling out Java/Linux
>>>> servers for middleware apps and edge of net servers. Still running
>>>> most of the database back end stuff on big iron with DB2 and so on,
>>>> even some legacy COBOL layered behind a SOA abstraction layer, but
>>>> plenty of Linux running newer infrastructure. You won't find a
>>>> whole lot of press releases about it though... banks tend to be
>>>> rather quiet about the shape of their internal systems, for obvious
>>>> reasons.
>>>
>>> This turns out to be a Barclays Web site, but not the online banking one.
>>> They really need to fix this fast because it's terrible PR for them.
>>> Lesson to be learned here: if you hire Windows-centric web developers, you
>>> lose heaps of very angry customers and receive bad press (loss or
>>> prospective customers). I was with Barclays for about 3 months back in
>>> 2000. I had to dump them for NatWest because they made a mistake, after
>>> mistake, after mistake, after mistake and it was the last straw after just
>>> a few months... it was embarrassing for them and the HSBC guy actually
>>> told me (secretly) that NatWest had the better offer/service.
>>>
>> As I've said, I have no trouble logging in to my Barclay's account with
>> Firefox or Epiphany. And I do not have any kind of spoofing extension
>> running in either browser.
>
> Well, either way it's at the front page of Digg.com now. Barclays will probably
> hate me for this, but let's call it even.
>
It's essential that we let the banks know that putting Windows
internet-facing is *not* safe, and that they should be encouraging
customers to use secure systems for internet banking. Linux and Firefox
are both superior choices here.
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