Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

David Long dave at jumpshift.com
Fri Jan 26 16:57:48 EST 2007


On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 14:20 -0500, Michael ODonnell wrote:

> ...which describes how the vaunted South Korean networking
> infrastructure *requires* Microsoft products if you want to do
> anything like online banking and Linux users are "banned from any
> of these types of transactions because all encrypted communications
> online in this nation must be done with Active X controls."  ??

Interestingly, I learned to my dismay that Digital Federal Credit Union
will not authorize transactions on its visa cards in South Korea.  Had I
known that before I went there last summer I would have brought a
different card.

-dl
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David Long <dave at jumpshift.com>



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