--- begin forwarded text Sender: e$@thumper.vmeng.com Reply-To: Enzo Michelangeli <enzo@ima.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: Bulk Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 17:28:50 +0800 (hkt) From: Enzo Michelangeli <enzo@ima.com> To: Multiple recipients of <e$@thumper.vmeng.com> Subject: Re: Internet banking: more on Mbanx On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, networks@vir.com wrote:

Unfortunately, their promotional literature does not go into their Internet services. The information I was given over the phone was that by signing up they would supply me with the 128bit version of Netscape for secure transactions.

People outside of the US may be interested to know that there is a small, fully legal, free browser with 128-bit SSL security: it's called WorkHorse, and is available with ftp from ftp.mkt.co.uk (that must have got a 110 bps feed, if the connection speed is of any indication). The link inside Banknet's home page, at http://mkn.co.uk/bank/, seems to be wrong and anyway most browsers time out before getting connected. WorkHorse's interface is pretty ugly and the rendition is buggy, but the SSL connection does work: I got through mbanx's "Sign in" link at http://www.mbanx.com/banxing/5welcome.html , whereas MSIE and NS3 were kicked out due to their 40-bit RC4 limit. Enzo --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "The cost of anything is the foregone alternative" -- Walter Johnson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/