Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 10:22:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>, JGarcia <jgarcia1@brokersys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: home use Message-ID: <19980628102224.A27943@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35958440.CEF5C090@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 07:46:08PM -0400 References: <359578B1.59EF@brokersys.com> <35958440.CEF5C090@aei.ca>
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On Saturday, 27 June 1998 at 19:46:08 -0400, Malartre wrote: > JGarcia wrote: >> >> I have purchased FreeBSD 2.2.6 and was wondering if this is a good >> system, for someone to use next to win95 as a dual boot. I dont know >> anything about Linux or Unix. I just want another operating system for >> me to use on the internet, for my own pleasure, and leave win95 for my >> wife and kids. Is it possible for me to use it and get a internet >> browser like netscape or internet explorer and also get a copy that has >> 128 encryption capabilities so that I may do my banking thru Free BSD? >> I am taking all this in consideration. >> I await your answer before actually installing it. > > Yes, I use FreeBSD and my brother/mother/father use Win95. > Yes you can get Netscape, and I think there is 128bit encryption > software. > I dont know for the bank, I'm only 15 :-) There's a product called Fortify which provides 128 bit encryption for Netscrape. The ANZ bank here uses it, but unfortunately their service is so slow that it's not worth using. Check out http://www.fortify.net/ for fortify, and your bank to see if it's compatible (and if their web server is usable :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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