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Re: The end of Phishing in sight?
From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:46:39 +0200
Federal regulators will require banks to strengthen security for Internet customers through authentication that goes beyond mere user names and passwords, which have become too easy for criminals to exploit. Bank Web sites are expected to adopt some form of "two-factor" authentication by the end of 2006, regulators with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council said in a letter to banks last week.
In Germany, we have both: two-factor authentication and phishing. This should tell you something about the effectiveness of two-factor authentication. *sigh* To me, this looks like a subsidy for certain parts of the security industry, and not a step to protect consumers. Otherwise, there wouldn't be something which is close to a technology mandate. (Yeah, I know, I'm probably driving on the wrong side of the road, given the long list of famous names who disagrees with me. But still...) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: The end of Phishing in sight?, (continued)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Blue Boar (Oct 18)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Blue Boar (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Dave Dittrich (Oct 17)
- RE: The end of Phishing in sight? Richard M. Smith (Oct 17)
- RE: The end of Phishing in sight? Nick FitzGerald (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Tom Van Vleck (Oct 17)
- RE: The end of Phishing in sight? Richard M. Smith (Oct 17)
- Re[2]: The end of Phishing in sight? Pierre Vandevenne (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Blue Boar (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Paul Schmehl (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Florian Weimer (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Florian Weimer (Oct 17)
- Re[2]: The end of Phishing in sight? Pierre Vandevenne (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Florian Weimer (Oct 17)
- Re[2]: The end of Phishing in sight? Pierre Vandevenne (Oct 17)
- Re: Re[2]: The end of Phishing in sight? Douglas F. Calvert (Oct 17)
- Re[4]: The end of Phishing in sight? Pierre Vandevenne (Oct 17)
- Re[2]: The end of Phishing in sight? Pierre Vandevenne (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 17)
- Re: The end of Phishing in sight? Blue Boar (Oct 17)
- Re[4]: The end of Phishing in sight? Pierre Vandevenne (Oct 17)