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Simon St.Laurent wrote: > rob@k... (Robert Koberg) writes: > >>>In a truly individualized situation all that's needed are URLs of the >>>form http://www.example.com/page.html?username=elharo >> >>Does your bank do this? If so, which bank do you use? >>In other words, do you care if someone who knows or guesses your >>username can access your individualized situation? > > > I wish my bank offered this, yes. Given the ID they assigned, the > password is the only thing strongly protecting the account. that and some random session identifier for your session, right? > > I can live with public IDs - none of my usernames are hard to guess, so > they're visible doors. Without the key, the password, the door is > meaningless. > > Can we get back to XML please? just trying to fit in :) > I wrote a book on XML and a book on > Cookies, but I don't think they mix very well.
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