[149679] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Dear RIPE: Please don't encourage phishing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith Medcalf)
Sat Feb 11 16:38:35 2012
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:37:31 -0700
In-Reply-To: <FD9B2CB2B33E394FAE3B74669547605712B0059E@DFWX10HMPTC01.AMER.DELL.COM>
From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf@dessus.com>
To: "Vinny_Abello@Dell.com" <Vinny_Abello@Dell.com>,
"lstewart@superb.net" <lstewart@superb.net>,
"brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk" <brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Unfortunately that's not under control of those businesses. This plain te=
xt
> email you sent comes across with clickable mailto and http links in your
> signature in most modern email clients despite you having sent it in plai=
n
> text. "Helpful" email program defaults won't force people to copy and pas=
te
> the URL. They just create the hyperlink for people based on the pattern i=
n
> the plain text message. It seems anything beginning with www or http(s):/=
/
> will be converted to a clickable link out of convenience to the user. It'=
s
> always that endless struggle of security vs. convenience...
At least it is what is says, and the effect is precisely the same as if one=
copied and pasted the link into the browser.
What is truly evil is non text/plain email. Anyone who permits or assists =
in the rendering of non-plaintext email deserves whatever befalls them -- a=
nd they should not be permitted zero-liability for their stupidity and igno=
rance.
They end-user is of course entitled to cross-claim against the manufacturer=
of the defective system or device which rendered the message in a deceptiv=
e way (such as Dell and Microsoft in particular).
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