-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Using crypto against Phishing, Spoofing and Spamming... Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 19:00:24 +0200 From: Amir Herzberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Computer Science Dept., Bar Ilan University To: Ian Grigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Following some of our discussions on this list, I tried to think more seriously on how crypto could be used for the basic current security threats of spoofing, phishing and spamming. Preliminary write-ups of the results are available in the following (or from my homepage):
# Protecting (even) Na�ve Web Users, or: Preventing Spoofing and Establishing Credentials of Web Sites, at http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~herzbea/Papers/ecommerce/trusted%20credentials%20area.PDF
# Controlling Spam by Secure Internet Content Selection, at http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~herzbea/Papers/ecommerce/spam.pdf
I believe many of you will find some interest in (criticizing?) the new ideas and proposals, and I'll be very grateful for any feedback; the works already benefited a lot from some discussions on this list, including some of you who asked me essentially to `write up your ideas`.
I am also very interested in working with potential implementors; I am already working on implementations with students, but, additional and potentially more experianced developers may help us turn some of these ideas into reality.
BTW, I'm already using the anti-spamming mechanism (trusted logo and credentials area) we developed for Mozilla, and it works great; I hope we'll feel soon confident enough with the code so we'll be able to put it in the public domain. Experianced Mozilla developers who will be willing to help test and evaluate the code are invited to contact me. -- Best regards,
Amir Herzberg Associate Professor, Computer Science Dept., Bar Ilan University http://amirherzberg.com (information and lectures in cryptography & security)
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