Secure Transactions

[Tod Merley]

What sort of security issues are indicated by redirection?

What would they be doing (or not doing) in the programming from their end
which would cause this?

Could problems with DNS or other parts of the IP stack be involved?

Why would closing the browser and shutting off the machine and finding a
more secure internet connection not help?

Is it possible for someone to hijack an internet connection in a way which
would allow them to see my responses to the bank/storesite but would not
allow them to receive and re-transmit to me the "my picture and text" page?

Since I am planning on using the browser (and install) only to do the
occasional internet transaction how is flushing cache and cookies likely to
help?


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Sat, 2014-08-30 at 18:44 -0700, Tod Merley wrote:
> > The most suspicious things that ever happened while doing transactions
> > may have been related to re-direction.  Specifically my "sign on
> > picture and text" came up wrong from time to time.  My usual response
> > was to close the browser and re-boot and see if I could find a more
> > secure connection.
>
> If that's due to security issues, you're screwed, and you're just
> sidestepping the issue.  More than likely it's just programming
> screw-ups on their behalf.
>
> I'd be more inclined to simply close the browser completely (all
> windows, so the program actually exits), and try again.  Next, if
> another failure happens, try flushing the cookies, then the cache (as
> diagnosis steps as to where the problem probably lay).  I really cannot
> see rebooting helping.
>
> --
> tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
>
> Linux 3.15.10-200.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 14 16:12:39 UTC 2014 i686
>
> All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying
> to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public
> lists.
>
> George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
> a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.
>
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