Re: [Asrg] whitelisting links (was Re: misconception in SPF)

Martijn Grooten <martijn.grooten@virusbtn.com> Mon, 10 December 2012 18:23 UTC

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> I'd say yes because it would probably
> catch 99% of the bad links that I see in phishing/spam

No it would not, not even close to that. A lot of spam links to legitimate but compromised domains.

Note that just about any security vendors offers a web security product, which runs either inside the browser or at the corporate gateway. Most use a combination of blacklists, whitelists and content-inspection.

Martijn.

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