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1996-04-13 - Re: Bank information protected by 40-bit encryption….

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: Jüri Kaljundi <jk@digit.ee>
Message Hash: ac34b96b4ab0ccfd0c79d8c1901a92f43e955d670e1d7bfb13ca76e2ab9089d9
Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960411171436.8886B-100000@polaris.mindport.net>
Reply To: <Pine.GSO.3.92.960411160334.16119J-100000@happyman>
UTC Datetime: 1996-04-13 16:14:07 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:14:07 +0800

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:14:07 +0800
To: Jüri Kaljundi <jk@digit.ee>
Subject: Re: Bank information protected by 40-bit encryption....
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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
> jk@digit.ee
> 
> 

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