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About
Public Bank
Net Banking Security and Technical Issue
What are the PC requirements to use the
Public Bank Net
Banking services? Top
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Personal Computer
(Processor)
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IBM
Compatible PC (Pentium II or above) with 64M RAM or above
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Operating System
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Chinese
/ English version of Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000 or XP
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Browser
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Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.0 with SP2 or Netscape 4.5 or above (Also, please
remember to turn on Java Applet, Java Script and cookie option on your
browser preference setting.) For IE without default Java Virtual
Machine, you need to download one from http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
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Modem
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56kbps or above
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Monitor
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256 Color or higher,
800x600 screen resolution and Medium Font Size
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What kind
of security protection is used by your Public Bank Net Banking service ? Top
Strong
128-bit SSL Encryption
We
have applied numerous security protection schemes in our system. Besides
the communication channel is protected by a 128-bit Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) encryption, your User ID, password and transaction detail are further
protected by strong encryption, including 1024-bit RSA and 128-bit
Triple-DES, to made sure it is not accessible by any other.
Automatic
Time-out Mechanism
To
avoid transaction spoofing, session will be automatically time-out when it
is idle for 20 minutes. Furthermore, we have a strong session control,
which verify that every single transaction must be initiated by the
original login user.
Firewall
We are
concerned that information arrived at the Public Bank Net Banking are processed
with great care. Our systems are protected by firewalls which are a
combination of industrial strength computer hardware and software that
securely separates the Internet from Public Bank's internal computer systems. The
Public Bank Net Banking is also physically located in an isolated area with
restricted access.
Why I
cannot achieve 128-bit SSL protection? Top
If you
are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can check whether your version
can support 128-bit SSL encryption or not by the following procedure:
- Start
Internet Explorer
- Click
"Help" on the menu bar and select "About
Internet Explorer"
- The
field "Cipher Strength" should show "128-bit"
If the Cipher Strength is 40-bit instead of
128-bit, you should then click the "Update Information"
just beside the field. It will bring you to the Microsoft web site for
downloading a Microsoft Internet Explorer High Encryption Pack.
If you are using Netscape Communicator, please
follow the procedure below to ensure 128-bit encryption:
- Click
"Security" on the toolbar
- Select
"Navigator" in the left column
- Make
sure the option "Enable SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) v3"
is checked
Press the "Configure SSL v3"
button and make sure all ciphers option is enabled except 'No encryption
with an MD5 MAC'
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