RE: Smells like a phish, is a fish?

["Tom Stowell" <jts () deforest k12 wi us>]

Greetings,

You say "email is sent over an unencrypted link". I say, why?

I would put forth that phishing is going to be a problem until there is a secure, open, widely deployed standard for 
source-authentication of email.

S/MIME, for example. Maybe businesses should start signing messages, and teach their customers to not trust ones that 
don't have the "golden padlock."

Tom



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> > > "Damhuis Anton" <DamhuisA () aforbes co za> 10/27/2005 03:34:45 >>>

Hi

But email is sent over an unencrypted link, thus any body could get hold of the link, and by entering it, get access to 
the web site's details (the account).

Something should always be kept secret, when sending logon information via email.

So I don't think it is mitigating phishing, but possibly rather a way to track their responses to the email.

Or am I understanding your statement incorrectly?

Regards
  Anton

-----Original Message-----
From: Ofer Shezaf [mailto:Ofer.Shezaf () breach com] 
Sent: 27 October 2005 10:15
To: Andrew van der Stock; webappsec () securityfocus com 
Subject: RE: Smells like a phish, is a fish?

...
provide you with a key in the e-mail, rather than asking for a login
might actually be a way to mitigate phishing.

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