-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > On 10/30/07, Brad Beyenhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 10/30/2007 04:56 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: >>> John H. Robinson, IV wrote: >>>> http://www.decenturl.com/132.239.180.101/tubgirl >>>> >>>> What do you know about that one? Then click. Were you right? >>> I know that it points to an IP address rather than a named host, which >>> means I've got zero reason to trust it. >> Would you trust it if you used Reverse DNS to find out that the IP >> resolves to cw-portal.ucsd.edu? > > My trust is primarily based on the author who posted the link in the > first place. The use of decenturl.com over tinyurl.com is simply an > improvement in interface. I never took it as a bullet proof security > technique to protect me from phishers and the like.
It is far from bullet proof, but it is way nicer than blindly following a link. Even people I trust don't always send me URL's that I want to click on right away, or perhaps aren't appropriate for work. They also occasionally get their accounts hacked (IM seems quite notorious for this). In particular, when it is not abused (which would be the case when you trust the source), it would give me a quick "at a glance" way to determine what the subject of the link was before I clicked on it. While not terribly useful from a security point of view, it is useful from the "have I already been there and/or do I really want to stop what I'm doing and go there?" point of view. - --Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHJ81cOagjPOywMBARAnj2AKD+odpSVrfOPWQR2tDsiUcZVX+qWACfcEWv a1l15nl2T9GrXCnRA89Ggno= =Icay -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
