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Re: Banc of America Article


From: alex () yuriev com
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:36:38 -0500 (EST)


Patently incorrect?  No.  It is possible.

Even if the confidentiality of your data is protected, you are still
vulnerability to attacks on availability and integrity of the data.

For example, you may fully encrypt all your data, use VPNs, etc.  But you
can still loose service due to network congestion or routers failing due
to other unprotected traffic on your network.

That is not as large of a problem as losing part(s)s of the transaction(s).
Obviously, I cannot imagine how stupid should someone be to design their
network in a way where an internet attack can knock off the non-internet
enabled service provided by a bank.

Alex


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