24 Sep
2005
24 Sep
'05
12:41 p.m.
Phishing
Consider yourself lucky the ones who are so naiive on this subject. I have
received over 200 such messages in the last year and a half, just PayPal.
Watch the mouseover resolutions of links to quickly verify that they are
baddies. If that fails, then move your mouse to the extreme right margin
and drag select back to the left to see if the link text is actually an
image. Just two tricks that are used. Viewing HTML source for HREF's
is just about the only absolute proof.
Oh yeah, and if you view these emails while offline only, IMG='s that are
generated from server CGI's can't get your IP address for their hitcounters.
Lets raise Jon Postel from the dead, IETF: Immediate Action Required.
John A.
sorry for the crypticism