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Banks Begin To Use RSA Keys

Posted by timothy on from the probably-a-patent-on-this-too dept.

jnguy writes "According to the New York Times (free bacon required), banks are begining to look into using RSA keys for security. AOL has already begun offering its customers RSA keys at a premium price. Is this the future of security, and is it secure enough? How long before everyone needs to carry around 5 different RSA keys just to perform daily task?"

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    Check out this Wikpedia article.

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