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Re: Bank information protected by 40-bit encryption....



On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FCri_Kaljundi?= wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Tom Weinstein wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I think I was hallucinating or something.  You're right, they
> > don't require 128-bit encryption and they only let you query your
> > balance.
> 
> Are there any banks besides SFNB then that use weak 40-bit encryption for
> anything more than balance queries or transaction history, and allow to
> make real transactions on-line?

http://www.eub.com

> 
> I know Merita in Finland allows bank transactions using 40-bit RC4, but
> they also use one-time passwords (every user gets a printed list with 40
> or so password pairs, each of which you can use just once).
> 
> Juri Kaljundi
> [email protected]
> 
> 

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