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Sunday 06 May 2007
 Number  1488
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Subjects for today
 
1   Mail problem : Alan Duval <amoht at westnet dot com dot au>

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Date:  Sun, 06 May 2007 17:58:06 +1000
From:  Alan Duval <amoht at westnet dot com dot au>
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

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