Re: Firefox extensions for fighting phishing

[Saqib Ali <docbook.xml () gmail com>]

> The Netcraft toolbar is  is next to useless.  The last time I checked it
> could be fooled by a frameset.  So if someone could hack a frameset onto the
> host server, i.e.,
> http://www.somewhere.net/only_fools_would_click_on_this_link/login.html

If you can hack into a host server, and change their login page to
include a frameset, the webserver owner has a much bigger problem :)
If you can hack into a server, you can do much more damage compared to
what you can do with a phishing site.. :)

Having said that, the purpose of the Anti-phishing toolbars is NOT to
authenticate the content, but to authenticate the URL that you are
clicking on. And Netcraft Toolbar does a mighty fine job of just that.

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In Peace,
Saqib Ali
http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/