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Petname Tool version 0.5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Fri Mar 25 10:31:56 2005
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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:38:02 -0800
From: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Tyler Close has written an anti-phishing tool for the Firefox browser calle=
d the Petname tool. It works with SSL sites, including those with self-sig=
ned certificates, and is available at <http://www.waterken.com/user/Petname=
Tool/>.
Mark Stiegler has written an overview of petname systems, including a list =
of existing examples, available at: <http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/petname=
s/IntroPetNames.html>. Note that Amir Herzberg and Ahmad Gbara's Trustbar =
system is an example of a pet name system.
=46rom the Petname Tool web site, "Need help avoiding phishing and spoofin=
g attacks? The petname tool can help you keep it all straight by clearly di=
stinguishing your online relationships.
"Using the petname tool, you can save a reminder note about a relationship =
you have with a site. The petname tool will then automatically display this=
reminder note every time you visit the site. After following a hyperlink, =
you need only check that the expected reminder note is being displayed. If =
so, you can be sure you are using the same site you have in the past."
Cheers - Bill
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