On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 09:21 +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > When logging into your bank account (or the like) the very first time, > make a copy of its certificate/fingerprint. Every time you connect, > verify the certificates fingerprint first. If it differs, > take contact with your bank to make sure that it was changed. Do not > enter anything. This procedure will make it impossible to phish or > MITM'ing your credentials. Ideally, for things like banking, you really want to know the fingerprint ahead of your first use. They should really give you a hard copy of what to expect when you set up your account / get a new card. The security of personal banking is terrible, anyway. e.g. Try phoning them up for help, but be unable to recall your password. They'll help you too much. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.15.10-200.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 14 16:12:39 UTC 2014 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
