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From: ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to
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Date: 27 Feb 1996 13:03:57 GMT
Organization: Alcatel Austria AG
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Jason V. Robertson (jroberts@ehsn25.cen.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: >
: >My recommendation for your clients is DONT! I am a privacy and
: >security advocate who has a real problem with any fincancial
: >transactions taking place over public networks such as the
: >InterNet. I refuse to do business with entities who are so
: >irresponsible as to move any records containing information about
: >me across public data networks.
: >
: >Don't be naive. The concept of an absolutely secure network
: >connected system is a pipe dream.
: >
: >PS- the preceeding opinions are mine, and they are, of course the
: >right opinions to have.
: It's more secure than mail or the phone, if done properly. If you encrypt
: the data securely before you send it out then there's no real problem, or at
: least no problem that you wouldn't have no matter how you transfer the data.
: Add careful filtering and other processing of the data and you can be about as
: secure as possible.
Alas, "about as secure as possible" is not closely secure enough. At least,
not if you have a connection to a public network.
/Alby
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V Dipl.-Ing. Marino Ladavac (marino.ladavac@aut.alcatel.at)
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