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Korea Post Office Supports XPCOM Based E-Banking

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the isn't-it-about-time dept.

Channy writes "Mozillazine is reporting that the Korean Post Office has decided to support Mozilla Firefox for internet banking and has started the developement project of an XPCOM based internet banking system. From the article: 'In past there were no web browsers for 128 bit encryption except Opera 3.5 for international users when Korea started internet banking services in 1998.'"

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  1. Now by 42Penguins · · Score: 2, Interesting

    All they need to do is DROP support for IE.
    Also quite the undertaking switching 4700 from windows to linux.
    Yay for Korea and Korean memes!

    1. Re:Now by daviqh · · Score: 2, Interesting

      We could also have some more support in Mozilla Browser, and I hope they start support for that too.

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    2. Re:Now by strcmp · · Score: 2, Interesting
      Unsafe for the client, but not the server... as far as I know. People should be aware that they browse "at their own risks" and do have a choice as to which browser to use. If some people want to use IE, well, they were warned.

      A better solution, of course, is to have a banking system that is not dependent on the underlying browser architecture.

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  2. Great news! by webby123 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Great news, does this mean they will be including a "get firefox" icon on their website?

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  3. Not quite following... by uits · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because they were unable to use 128bit SSL in 1998, they are going to develop internet banking that is dependent on Mozilla XPCOM, instead of taking a cross platform standard SSL approach now?

    While Mozilla is ostensibly a better platform to be locked into than Microsoft, is this really a big benefit?

    Someone please translate for the layman (me)

    1. Re:Not quite following... by stoev · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Are there any free open source implementations of SEED? I think a change to SSL should be discussed. I am also in Korea (I work here). In 10 minutes I will extend my SEED key online, which expires soon. I will not go to my bank (which is 50 meters from me). The same method can be used to change all the keys to SSL. No need to visit the bank office.

      My personal opinion is, that the existing e-banking system in Korea is substandard. ActiveX requires admin on XP to install and most banks install 2-3 other activeX. This has to stop. Somebody has to educate these guys how to do e-banking.

  4. Re:which korea? by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're right that it says it's in Seoul, so it would be in South Korea.

    (You're completely mistaken if you think that North and South Korea would want anything to do with each other. Here's a hint: there's troops on each side of the border between them.)

  5. Re:which korea? by AstroDrabb · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Huh? You are quoting _SOUTH_ Korea. There is a _huge_ difference between what South Korea wants and what North Korea wants. South Korea is basically democratic. North Korea is a dictatorship.
    where some of the people actually dislike each other. I don't think the North and South Korean people actually dislike each other
    I agree with you there. However, there is the HUGE problem of the North Korean dictator that is know for having pretty bad human rights violations. I doubt many South Koreans would volunteer to be a part of that.
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  6. Post office by DavidBartlett · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In case you were wondering, most bills are paid at the post office in Korea.

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  7. I can see it now! by Agarax · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oh yeah, I can see you at the board meeting now:

    You: "Well, sir. I think we should block out Internet Explorer users because their browser is unsafe."

    Boss: "Is it unsafe for us or them?"

    You: "Them. It would'nt really effect us. They are just more likely to become victims of identity theft through a virus."

    Boss: "Can they also get the same virus through an email attachment? Or by someone digging through their trash?"

    You: "... yes."

    Boss: "How many of our customers use IE?"

    You: "About 80%"

    Boss: "And what is there to prevent them from moving to another bank that DOES support their browser?"

    You: "Well, that would be a lot of trouble for them to go through. It's easier to just download a safe browser."

    Boss: "And what would we do about the advertisements our competitors would air stating that we don't properly support internet banking because we dropped support for IE? Getting new customers might become difficult."

    You: "Well ... we tell them that it is foolish of them to use Windows and Internet Explorer and that they should switch to something else."

    (Long Pause)

    Boss: "While we are at it, why don't we refuse entry to SUVs in the drive-thru ATM because the customer is more likely to scratch his paint and he is wasting the gas he paid for? You should stick to IT, you don't know jack about how a business works. "

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  8. Re:Misinformation about ActiveX/DCOM by SimHacker · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Of course ActiveX runs of non-Windows platforms. What rock have you been living under for the last six years?

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    Menlo Park, CA. 10 January 2001 -- The Open Group has just released COMsource version 1.1, an enhanced version of the existing version, COMsource 1.0. COMsource is an open systems implementation of Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) middleware developed for the Windows TM platform that extends the COM middleware infrastructure to UNIX TM. COMsource also allows independent software vendors to easily port their COM applications to non-Microsoft platforms. COMsource 1.0, released in September 1999, provides an object-based, distributed programming model that allows two or more applications, or application components, to easily interact and interoperate. COMsource 1.1 has a number of added features and benefits, including:

    Updated to run on Solaris 2.6
    Added support for the latest versions of NT and Windows 2000. COMsource is now compatible with NT 4.0 Service Packs 4, 5 and 6 and Windows 2000
    Maintenance updates for build and runtime issues; enhancements to error handling to enable passing of rich error information between servers and clients on various platforms

    The reference implementations include source code, an interoperability test suite and the reference documentation set. COMsource 1.1 also now has a Support & Maintenance Service offering, which consists of:

    Consultation on using, building, installing and porting COMsource
    Problem isolation and tracking
    Critical problem escalation
    Development of code fixes or workarounds for defects

    For more information on COMsource 1.1, please visit www.opengroup.org/comsource

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