Re: [LUG] OT - JAVA login

["Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/01/07, David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Northern Rock won't allow account holders to log in unless their browser has
java enabled.  Is there either a valid security reason or any other for this?

You're sure it's not _javascript_? Only a very stupid web designer would build an entire website into a Java applet... There is a valid security reason to not do so, since java (client-side) is much more easily reverse-engineered than a php script running on the server.

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