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Re: PCI and banks that use Akamai


From: Jeffrey Schiller <jis () MIT EDU>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:14:01 -0400

On 06/14/2010 02:11 PM, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
Urp. The banking sites handle sensitive data through Akamai?  What a scary
thought...  What say the list?  Is that an offense worthy of a name-n-shame?
  
Actually, I would suspect that the banking sites are using Akamai to
distribute static content, images, etc. I doubt Akamai his touching
anything sensitive. This is a standard thing to do if you need to handle
significant load.

            -Jeff

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