Halifax security improvements

bobblebob

When i signed in today got a screen telling me that Halifax are making improvements to the online banking security. Part of it involves them asking for your username and password on 1 page, and your security question on the next page. Not sure how this will help really.

They did say they're implementing other security measures but didnt go into detail

Lokolo

Yes. Pain in the !!!!. Egg MM won't be able to log in until they update it!

Marty21

I dont see a difference as they already ask a security question, there just spreading it over two pages :think:

dizziblonde

I could be cynical and think "oh that's an extra page they can use to flog their services as we click through"... cynical? moi?

PROLIANT

Well hoe bloody hum.

Comyface

Maybe it's big bad LLoyds imposing changes again (like how your saving accounts don't show the rate any more on the Halifax site?)

Marty21

Comyface wrote: »

Maybe it's big bad LLoyds imposing changes again (like how your saving accounts don't show the rate any more on the Halifax site?)

Most probably, as long as they dont change to their awfull online banking:)

Mikeyorks

I suspect it's a 2 stage process ...... and they're going to add some more data once the pages are split? In order to mimic the Lloyds logon more closely. So get your 'memorable' data thinking cap on!

PROLIANT

Online banking web applications are designed by the banks for the banks, with a bit of outsourcing but regardless of the semantics at the end of the day it is their software and we a privileged to use it free of charge.

They day we start paying for a banking service will be they day we have a right to complain about such small detail.

LongTermLurker

PROLIANT wrote: »

Online banking web applications are designed by the banks for the banks, with a bit of outsourcing but regardless of the semantics at the end of the day it is their software and we a privileged to use it free of charge.

They day we start paying for a banking service will be they day we have a right to complain about such small detail.

Disagree. The application page is a means to gain more applicants and thus more custom - it's for the banks' and customers' mutual benefit.

Secondly, it's not software as such, it's a standard web form - you of all people should know that???

I agree there's nothing to complain about though - the logon process is just a different process at the end of the day - 2 pages could be argued to be more secure than one, on the basis that automated scripts would require submission/delay/submission capabilities so it makes bot attacks harder - hense lokolo's problem

PROLIANT

LongTermLurker wrote: »

Secondly, it's not software as such, it's a standard web form - you of all people should know that???

It is software, web forms (aspx or whatever) are part of an application with many thousands of lines of code behind, the 'web form' is an interface to the dll's, exe's and stored procs that do all of the data processing and business logic. :doh: