--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:33:48 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips@philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] e-gold Blocks Account Logins From Exploited Computers Reply-To: clips-chat@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070427005708&newsLang=en> Business Wire April 27, 2007 03:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time e-gold Blocks Account Logins From Exploited Computers MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--e-gold Users now have additional protection against "phishing attacks", thanks to a ground breaking upgrade to its Account Sentinel (a.k.a. AccSent(tm)) arsenal of account access security features. Using DNS blacklist data published by well known third parties, AccSent now blocks account access from IPs identified as open proxies, insecure web servers, or otherwise open to exploitation by criminals. For the sake of brevity, e-gold refers to such blacklisted IPs as "blips". As always, the AccSent advantage is that e-gold Users need not take any action - or even understand what an IP address, an open proxy, or a phishing attack is - to immediately benefit from this innovative new feature. However, as powerful as AccSent is, the best protection against phishing and other criminal attacks is user education. For this reason e-gold urges its Users to carefully read and practice the Security Recommendations published on the e-gold.com website. According to the Wikipedia.org article entitled "Open Proxy": "It is possible for a computer to be running an open proxy server without knowledge of the computer's owner. This can be the result of mis-configuration of proxy software running on the computer, or of infection with malware (viruses, trojans or worms) designed for this purpose." "e-gold account access from open proxies is not in the best interest of the e-gold community - whether that access is from the unwitting owner of an exploited computer or from a criminal using an exploited computer as a proxy to hide his own identity," says Dr. Douglas Jackson, e-gold Founder. About e-gold: e-gold is an electronic currency, 100% backed by physical gold in allocated storage, that empowers people to use gold as money. e-gold is integrated into a secure account-based payment system, operating globally 24/7, featuring instantaneous payment settlement with no charge back risk, at lower cost. Shopping cart, automation, and mobile phone interfaces are available. Operational since 1996, e-gold has settled over 79M transactions, serves customers in 165 countries, and holds nearly 3.5 metric tonnes of gold. Contacts e-gold, Melbourne Bill Cunningham, +1 321-956-1200 x127 www.e-gold.com -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'