Is Web Teller Secure?
Yes. We provide secure financial services through a protocol known as the Secure Sockets Layer. The Secure Sockets Layer prevents other computers along the route from eavesdropping by encrypting all data transmitted between our site and your computer. Intermediate computers would see each packet of information as a meaningless jumble of bytes. The sending end encrypts, or encodes, the data with one key before it is transmitted. The receiving end decrypts, or decodes, the data with another key. Members that live in the United States can use browsers that support 128 bit keys. Members that live abroad are currently restricted by the US Government to using browsers that support 40 bit keys. Cracking a 40 bit key would involve trying over one trillion combinations. A 40 bit key is less secure than a 128 bit key, but does provide an adequate level of security for member financial services. Why does the URL for the Web Teller site start with HTTPS://? Web Teller is on a secure server. To acc
