[plug] bank requires linux box be certified

[Dion Phillips]

I have seen this once before and the bank was happy with an invoice from 
me showing that the OS had been re-installed, thus removing any trace of 
previous malicious programs. This meant that I did not provide a 
guarantee of the "safe" nature of the PC, just proof that it had been 
reset.

ps. It was a Windows PC so by its very nature it was unsafe the moment 
it was powered up:-)


On 23/9/19 8:57 am, david beckwith wrote:
> My bank account was hacked, now the bank wants my machine certified as 
> "safe".
> I have tried to explain about Linux, but they are stubborn - to be 
> polite. So I have
> tried ringing various PC Security people, but all said NO to LInux. I 
> have been using
> Linux since 1994 and UNIX before that. Currently have 2 HP machines 
> (Desktop and
> laptop) both running Linux Mint 19.2.
> I need help finding someone to satisfy my bank.
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
> http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.org.au
> PLUG Membership: http://www.plug.org.au/membership

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.plug.org.au/pipermail/plug/attachments/20190923/fce2f07a/attachment.html>