On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:48:18 GMT, No_One <no_one@no_where.com> wrote:

>On 2007-04-29, greymaus@gmaildo.tcom <greymaus@gmaildo.tcom> wrote:
>> On 2007-04-29, No_One <no_one@no_where.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a curious type question, has anyone run into a problem using firefox or
>>> opera at some sites, banking sites in paricular. My bank will not let me
>>> access the account unless I use netscape. Absolutely refuses to allow me to
>>> access my account with either firefox or opera.
>>>
>>> ken
>>
>> As does mine, an Irish one.. however, talking to people who work in
>> that area, I gave up the idea of using the Internet service.
>>
>>
>
>Just seems strange. The bank will not let me use a current browser
>(Firefox/Opera) but has no trouble when I use a 4 year old version of
>Netscape. That I don't understand.
>
>ken

It might just be some silly web design. Like allow Netscape version
very old, disallow anything else (except IE of course).

If it has nothing to do with somting Firefox doesn't have, but
Netscape does, but has only to do with allow/disallow, pretending to
be that old version of Netscape should work with no problem.

Handover Phist <jason@nospamwebsterscafe.com> wrote:

> That's not the point. The point is using a program that overloads the
> available resources is dumb. The solution to the problem is to either
> use a browser that doesn't use too many resources, or get more
> resources. Kind of like the solution to rms posts showing up in my
> newsreader is to plonk people who think he's worth replying to.

Gee, and they're really, really, worried about being plonked by you.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Apr 29, 1:12 am, No_One <no_one@no_where.com> wrote:
> Just a curious type question, has anyone run into a problem using firefoxor
> opera at some sites, banking sites in paricular. My bank will not let me
> access the account unless I use netscape. Absolutely refuses to allow meto
> access my account with either firefox or opera.
>
> ken

Hi Ken

Just a guess... a few months ago I upgraded firefox, from 1.5 to 2.0,
and some secure sites I used simply become unavailable. At first I
thought
that this was another firefox issue, but opera also refused to work!
Then, some google search allowed me to spot the problem:

Firefox and opera disabled the RSA_RC4_40_MD5 encryption algorithm
because,
apparently, it's insecure. Turning *security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5* to
true in firefox's about:config solved the problem (and also in opera)!
There are many more encryption algorithms so you may have to try to
enable (and then disable, if no success) some of them until you get
something useful. This simply means that the sysadmins of these sites
are not doing their work properly...

Hope it helps

Regards

António

On 29 Apr, 09:02, Mike <N...@Arizona.Bay> wrote:
> I dumped QT and stuck with Opera
> static for now.

Where do you get the static binary for Slackware? On opera.com if I
select "slackware" it only offers the shared version for download.


Ottavio
http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvsista

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rm@biteme.org wrote:
> Handover Phist <jason@nospamwebsterscafe.com> wrote:
>
>> That's not the point. The point is using a program that overloads the
>> available resources is dumb. The solution to the problem is to either
>> use a browser that doesn't use too many resources, or get more
>> resources. Kind of like the solution to rms posts showing up in my
>> newsreader is to plonk people who think he's worth replying to.
>
> Gee, and they're really, really, worried about being plonked by you.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm

Baited, cast, caught, hooked, and reeled in. Perfect example of
a caught troll. In this case, it needs to be thrown in a dumpster like
a newborn baby at a teen prom.

BL.
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Ottavio Caruso <pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 29 Apr, 09:02, Mike <N...@Arizona.Bay> wrote:
>> I dumped QT and stuck with Opera
>> static for now.
>
> Where do you get the static binary for Slackware? On opera.com if I
> select "slackware" it only offers the shared version for download.
>

There should be a check box for a static RPM/tar.gz format
there. Check that, and it should show up.

BL.
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Apr 30: Responding to Ottavio Caruso...

>
>
> On 29 Apr, 09:02, Mike <N...@Arizona.Bay> wrote:
>> I dumped QT and stuck with Opera
>> static for now.
>
> Where do you get the static binary for Slackware? On opera.com if I
> select "slackware" it only offers the shared version for download.
>

ftp://ftp.opera.com:21/pub/opera/lin...final/en/i386/

And take your pick.


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