- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 15:26:52 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Francisco Godinho <f.godinho@mail.telepac.pt>
- cc: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, IBM SR List <IBM-SRD@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU>, IBM-HPR <IBM-HPR@talklist.com>, dolphin-l@edessa.topo.auth.gr, Luis Azevedo <pclma@alfa.ist.utl.pt>, Francisco Antonio Soeltl <fsoeltl@micropower.com.br>, Rui Fontes <fontes@ip.pt>
There are instances where the banking is not done via web browsers and servers but by special purpose software. If this software does not support accessibility it can actually make things more difficult. (On the other hand, I am in the US for a year, but my house is in Victoria Australia. Many government services such as vehicle registration and council taxes are handled by the Internet, currently using a very inaccessible system called maxi. Nothing seems to be perfect yet.) cheers Charles On Mon, 3 May 1999, Francisco Godinho wrote: Hello all As far I know Internet banking is only web-based. Usually, Internet banking is made by a network of three servers: Web Server, Internet Banking Server and a Customer SQL Database. Requests for online Baking information are passed on from the Web server to the Internet Banking Server. Data security between the customer browser and the web server is handled through a security protocol called Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL provides data encryption, server authentication, and message integrity for a Internet connection. I think that an easy way to use Internet banking transactions and services for people with disabilities could be made using Email commands. The idea is to replace the web communication between the customer's PC and the web Server by Email commands (like we use in some mailing lists). This could be made probably using secure email - using digital ID you can identify yourself and exchange encrypted messages. Do you know any Internet e-commerce or Internet banking service using this concept ? Thanks Francisco Godinho GUIA/PASIG - Portuguese Accessibility Special Interest Group http://www.acessibilidade.net/index_eng.html --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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