[19886] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Unforgeable dialog.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Wed Feb 8 11:18:14 2006
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Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:45:48 +1100
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <d4f1333a0602022027y7e10290bm3fcec3d0561713e0@mail.gmail.com>
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Travis H. wrote:
> What changed when going from ASCII text to HTML in emails that makes
> phishing so much more of a problem?
1. Html obfuscates the actual target of a url.
2. Html encourages legitimate businesses to use complicated and
obfuscated actual targets for their urls, indistinguishable from those
used by phishers.
--digsig
James A. Donald
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