perhaps the solution is to not use insecure microsoft software. or banking systems. On 21 Dec 2003, Franck Martin wrote: > -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Parry Aftab <parry@xxxxxxxxx> > To: isdf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: [isdf] need help from the ietf list...can someone post this for > me? or allow me to post directly? > Date: 20 Dec 2003 16:50:33 -0500 > > > > We have been experiencing a huge growth in phishing (e-mails designed to > trick people into providing sensitive information (creditcard, account > passwords, etc.) to a spoofed website masquerading as a trusted > financial institutional site. > > For example, you receive an e-mail telling you that there has been a > security breach at PayPal, and you need to log into the site and correct > your info, by using the bogus link they provide. > > Every time we announce a way to confirm that the site is what it claims > to be (checking the certificate, history bar, etc.) the phishers find a > tech solution to improve their frauds. > > Now IE has a bug that allows them to mask the real site more easily, by > showing the spoofed site in the navigation bar. > > > > Do any of the IETF members have suggestions for easy ways of confirming > that the site you just linked to is really the site you wanted to > access? > > I am asking in my capacity of the world˘s largest online safety and help > group, WiredSafety.org. > > > > Parry Aftab > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Isdf mailing list > Isdf@xxxxxxxx > http://www.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/isdf > ---- > Franck Martin > franck@xxxxxxxxx > SOPAC, Fiji > GPG Key fingerprint = 44A4 8AE4 392A 3B92 FDF9 D9C6 BE79 9E60 81D9 1320 > "Toute connaissance est une reponse a une question" G.Bachelard > sleekfreak pirate broadcast world tour 2002-3 live from the pirate hideout http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/