•Phishing is an attack
involving phony e-mail messages that include
links to spoofed Web sites that “fish” for information.
•Authentication is a
general term for the process of correctly verifying the identify of a person or a Web site.
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•The primary countermeasure for authentication is a digital certificate.
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•A digital certificate is an encrypted and password-protected file that contains sufficient information to authenticate and
prove a person’s or
organization’s identity.
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