True Andy, But the vast Majority aren't so Savvy, and aren't Phishing aware. I guess from a morality point of view... Is it in an ISP's best interest to protect its customers interests? The last helpdesk issue is not resolved until the last user is dead. Russell Sharpe NetConNZ NetConNZ(a)paradise.net.nz PO Box 47035 Trentham Upper Hutt Ph +64 4 9717665, Cell +64 21 742 773 Fax +64 4 9717635, Cell Fax +64 21 342 776 -----Original Message----- From: Andy Linton [mailto:asjl(a)citylink.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 16:15 To: David Robb Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] New phish - Westpac David Robb wrote:
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Jeremy Strachan wrote:
Given the alternative is our users bank accounts being cleaned out - I'm all for Telco and/or ISP's blocking access to the site.
How many people on this list fall for this sort of thing? (Rhetorical question only - please don't email replies to me or the list)
So you say it's ok for bank phishing. What about ebay/trademe/other auction/sales sites?
Perhaps the correct response is some (more) user education and then allow evolution to take over - those people who are too stupid to work this out lose all their money and then they can't use the Internet any more. While ISPs will lose revenue from them they're probably the ones who cause 90% of the help desk calls and so profitability goes up and we all get more time for beer. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog