[pchelpers] Article:Can E-Mail Authentication Stop Phishing?

By Jennifer LeClaire 
October 5, 2007 12:43PM

Yahoo's Domain Keys allows e-mail providers to validate an e-mail's
originating domain, making the use of blacklists and whitelists much
more effective. Domain Keys also makes phishing attacks easier to detect
by helping to identify abusive domains. The technology is so promising
that in May 2007, the IETF adopted it as a proposed standard.

What do you get when Yahoo, eBay, and PayPal join forces against malware
Relevant Products/Services? A collaborative effort to help protect
consumers against fraudulent e-mails and dangerous scams commonly called
phishing Relevant Products/Services attacks. 

A movement got underway on Thursday that gives eBay and PayPal customers
who use Yahoo Mail an upper hand against fraudsters by blocking fake
e-mails that claim to be coming from these popular online properties. 

Michael Barrett, chief information security Relevant Products/Services
officer at PayPal, called it an aggressive move and a significant step
in the fight to protect consumers against e-mail-based crimes. "While
there is clearly no silver bullet for solving the problems of phishing
and identity theft," he said, "[the] announcement is great news for our
customers who rely on Yahoo Mail."

The Domain Keys Equation

Yahoo's Domain Keys technology is designed to verify the authenticity of
e-mail messages, allowing ISPs to determine whether messages are real
and should be delivered to a customer's inbox. Yahoo developed Domain
Keys, which uses cryptographic keys, to address the widespread issue of
e-mail forgery. 

More here:
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Can-E-Mail-Authentication-Stop-Phishing-/story.xhtml?story_id=012001GSTZO0
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