Moz 1.1 Banned for Security Reasons?

[Knowles]

Browser Alert

You cannot access Online Account Services with your current Web browser.

Possible reasons for this could be one of the following:

* You are using Netscape 4.0 through 4.07 or Netscape 6.0, which we cannot support for online account transactions due to security reasons.
* You are using a browser that is incompatible with our Online Account Services system. We recommend you use Netscape versions 4.08 through 4.7 or Internet Explorer versions 5.0 or higher.
* Your browser does not support 128-bit encryption.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause but, with these policies, we strive to keep your account information as secure as possible.

This is a warning I got from a major credit card company today while trying to view my balance. Does anyone else see this as a bit confusing? I am using Moz1.1 but it says for me to use Netscape 4.08 to 4.7 instead? Oh and I do beleive I have used Moz to pay this bill before much less just look at the account.

[tedster]

Yes, look like they're sniffing the UA very incompletely.

Also looks like they might be confusing the version numbers of Netscape Navigator (the stand-alone browser) and Netscape Communicator (the whole nine yards).

However, when it comes to secure online finances, I'd always err on the side of caution if I were programming it myself. Unless I knew positivley that a given browser worked perfectly with the site, I just wouldn't allow it in, period.

[Knowles]

I figured the UA sniff went off in left feild. The versions really confused me. I also find it funny they said for Security Reasons when IE just came out with the SSL hole. Ahwell just figured I would share, thats the first site that has actually blocked me on Moz.

[moonbiter]

If you want to, you could probably get around this "feature" of the credit card company's site by using Mozilla's User Agent [uabar.mozdev.org] toolbar.