Re: Phishing Links

[Justin Azoff <JAzoff () UAMAIL ALBANY EDU>]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 02:05:41PM -0400, James Farr '05 wrote:
> It is hard to educate some users on the difference between legitimate
> and phony web links in email, and it is easy enough to fake a website.
> For that reason I would like to propose that no official college
> communication is sent with an active link in it.

Anyone attacking your users will still send them a link.  And since
sending links is an accepted practice from the majority of sites, they
will still be accustomed to clicking on them.  

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-- Justin Azoff
-- Network Security & Performance Analyst