On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 19:34, Sameer Niphadkar wrote:
Hi ppl, I am a Compsci BE student from Mumbai.I am doing my final yr = project in Bank Network & Security Sys both for Core Banking Solutions [Finacle-Infosys] as well as Total Branch Automation products.Being a
Can you tell us the actual work you are going to do on this project? AFAIK, the Finacle CBS solution from Infosys has a Solaris backend (+ Oracle DB) and the traffic runs on SSL. So in effect, any more security you are going to add to the system is going to be a generic network security solution. Many of the TBA packages by various software firms are either - 1. Based on netware using IPX 2. Based on a terminals using terminal emulation to connect to a server within a branch 3. Standalone computers having standalone applications.
linux= enthusiast, I know that linux provides excellent solutions to the banking = sector in terms of compatibility, consiceness, network-security and TCO. Bu= t I would like to receive some feedback from this experienced group, esp fr= om ppl who have tried using linux in Banking sys, about the advantages of u= sing open source products over std commercial software.Links to web-pages/a= rticles about deployment of linux in banking sectors will also be very valu= able.
While I haven't been following the banking sector closely, I think Linux is mostly used on simple things like Web services, Mail, perimeter security. I haven't heard of Linux being actually used on systems carrying out transactions. The onus is probably on the software developer on the platform of her choice. I haven't heard about a software company using Linux for Banking applications. Anyone, please correct if I am wrong.