   Well fancy that.. (part of IE expiring)
quote:from my bank''s webpage  Attn: Windows users of Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.x and some versions below 5.5 (This does not include MAC users).An important security feature on your Internet browser is set to expire on 1/7/2004. In order to ensure the highest standard of security and avoid any interruptions to your Online Banking access please upgrade your Internet browser today. Simply go to www.microsoft.com/ windows/ ie/default.asp and download the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.Interesting, eh?I currently use Netscape 7.01 for web browsing simply because Internet Explorer is used in so many MS things and needs the scripting, et. al. turned on to work properly. ... Last thing I want is all that crap turned on when serfing web, so I don''t use IE for the web.P.s. no need for `use moziliz/opera/firebird/whatthefarkever` :waveFeral 
quote:Original post by FeralofFireTop   ... moziliz ...:waveFeral   Omg I take offence ... :DEDIT : had to add the smiley to prevent flames   [edited by - SewageWorker on August 7, 2003 7:22:03 AM];  I hate to be the one to break up the "IE is bad because it''s M$" party, but that affects all browsers, they''re justing saying IE because so few of their customers use something else. What is expiring is part of the encryption used for banking and other high risk transactions (the root keys, which are changed every few years to prevent any chance that a super computer has been running day in and day out to crack them, last time this happened was 1999 IIRC). The absolute easiest way to update that (you can update it manually using your current version, it just requires several somewhat complicated steps) is to just download a new browser version (IE 6, Mozilla 1.3, Netscape 7, etc) which already has the new root information. Since I assume your bank deals mostly with normal people and not computer nerds ready to muck around in their browser with something that affects how secure your online transactions are, they used the easy way.Again, sorry to ruin a perfectly good "ha ha ha ha, IE is so bad" moment with something as silly as common sense and intelligence.  ;  You can crash any browsers if you know what you''re doing.Okay, maybe it would be harder to crash lynx, but still. ;  Ooh that is interesting, and quite reasonable too!Thank you for the information Michalson, I was not aware of thatBy the by I wasn''t bashing IE, MS nor anyone else Just to clarify:When I serf the web I want VERY basic functionality. I found that if I turned off all of IE''s options and uninstalled the plugins some programs would not work properly. So, seemed easiest to have IE with alot of options and another browser with few, thus...I have almost all options turned on in IE, and alot of plugins. I use IE for internal pages and such.I have Netscape with almost everything turned off and no plugins, and I use it for the web.I could care less of the name of the thing or who makes it, just want it to work Anyway quite interesting about the root keys thank you for the clarification :waveFeralp.s. yea yea so I butchered the spelling of Mozilla ;  I think Michalson should apologise ;quote:Original post by FeralofFireTop   ...serfing...quote:...serf the web...Surf. A "serf" is a servant.[Edit: Mis-spelled "quote", believe it or not.]   [edited by - Oluseyi on August 7, 2003 12:29:59 PM]; Does this mean I''m a serf surfing? (=Thanks for the spelling reminder! Heh, I''m such a lousy speller! 