Banks and 128 bit DES

Owen Blacker owenfb at easynet.co.uk
Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:12:08 +0000


> OTOH, "additional security measures that we do not divulge" is a
> standard bit of bank bollox that gives me no confidence whatsoever
> (especially knowing what I know about banks and ATM security).

Sounds suspiciously like "security through obscurity" to me, and we all 
know how reliable *that* is...   *GRIN*


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Owen Blacker
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