[clug] Dangerous Dave's talk

[Scott Ferguson]

On 05/03/15 07:37, Hal Ashburner wrote:
> On 4 March 2015 at 21:43, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> A live CD is better - *if* kept updated. An OS installed to a USB Key is
>> (possibly?) not quite as secure as a Live CD, but is easier to keep updated.
>>
> 
> What about an SD card that you enable as writable only to do updates
> with that big hardware switch on the side of it?
> 


Same advantages/disadvantages as a USB Flash drive.

The advantage of a Live CD over a rewritable device is that it's not
re-writable - but that's only a problem if you are browsing sites other
than your bank *and* you then revisit your bank.

<rant>
How can banks justify:-
1. page design that doesn't support password managers
2. using multiple scripts and resources pulled from second (and third)
party sites. "Accidents" waiting to happen.... [I'm looking at 'you'
commbank]
</rant>

Kind regards