Webconverger safe for banking?

Hi everybody,

Via castlecopswiki I bumped into a socalled distro CD called WebConverger.
It seems that it is used for unsafe enviroments.

According to this

http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/security-and-privacy/quest-for-a-good-boot-cd-for-internet-banking/

it is safe to use it for banking.

Now is my question is it really safe because it doesn't need a firewall, antispyware and antivirus. I cannot believe that

More info here:
http://webconverger.com/about/

Cheers,

 

The advantage of Webconverger is that it's a Linux Live CD - so just in case there are any malwares or keyloggers already installed on your primary OS, you don't have to worry about them. The livecd boots you into a clean environment, and if you're using a CD-R (read only), nobody can write any nasty code to corrupt the OS.

Having said that, I still would not do my banking in an unsafe environment such as a public WiFi access point ... as data is unencrypted passing through an unknown router - and (although unlikely,) a nearby PC could theoretically "sniff" my keystrokes, even from a linux-based OS.

 

Thanks for your insight.

But what about at home?

I have a standalone computer connected with a modem (chello).

I'm getting a bit paranoid when reading the posts here and all the horror stories about internet banks being robbed.

Can I use it then safely even if it hasn't a firewall, AS or AV?

To quote the dentist in Marathon Man: Ees eet safe ??

 

Why bother for this. Any Linux live CD is supposed to do so. Am I right?

 

I'm not sure what you mean Aigle. I'm not familiar with Linux, sorry.

 

aigle is right. Any linux live cd will work fine as a secure online banking environment. I have a fedora 8 LiveCD I use for this purpose. webconverger is a stripped down linux OS with little more than a web browser.

 

Ok thanks. So linux doesn't need a FW,AS or AV?

Why the HLL do I have Windows then?

Edit: Looked at the fedora live cd and there was a FW. O well just have to find more info about LINUX. Thanks all.