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RE: Article - A solution to phishing


From: focus () karsites net
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:18:00 +0000 (GMT)


Hi Mark and all!

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Mark Curphey wrote:

To: webappsec () securityfocus com
From: Mark Curphey <mark () curphey com>
Subject: RE: Article - A solution to phishing

<snip>
My online bank uses a system of picking random numbers from my password, and
asking me to match those numbers with a drop down box, instead of just
typing in the exact password in the same format at each login.</snip>

Can you describe this in detail? Without the details one might think this
just reduces the amount of entropy an attacker has to guess so is a bad
thing.

Take a look at http://www.nationwide.co.uk for the login
screen!

Regards - Keith Roberts

http://www.karsites.net














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