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*A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofed_URL spoofed URL] describes one website that poses as another website. It sometimes applies a mechanism that exploits bugs in web browser technology, allowing a malicious computer attack. During such an attack, a computer user innocently visits a web site and sees a familiar URL in the address bar such as http://www.wikipedia.org but is, in reality, sending information to an entirely different location that would typically be monitored by an information thief.
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Revision as of 12:59, 4 December 2018

Full Title or Meme

A Trusted Location is one that will display a well-known tag showing who they are and what they intend.

Context

Problems

  • A spoofed URL describes one website that poses as another website. It sometimes applies a mechanism that exploits bugs in web browser technology, allowing a malicious computer attack. During such an attack, a computer user innocently visits a web site and sees a familiar URL in the address bar such as http://www.wikipedia.org but is, in reality, sending information to an entirely different location that would typically be monitored by an information thief.

Solutions

References

  • The wiki page on Cookies provides some alternate solutions.
  • The wiki page on Trusted Identifier can be used to bind a URL with a Trusted Location to a real-world Entity.