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Story: RSA looks to drown phishers in data flood

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Quote: "We have cut a deal with Microsoft, AOL and... ISPs. Within minutes of discovering a phishing attack we send Microsoft the IP address of the spoofed Web site. If by mistake you click on a [phishing] link you will see a message telling you that you can't enter the Web site because it is a fraudulent one,"

How can MS, AOL and .. ISPs block access ? Does this imply that they are filtering destination IPs for all customers' Internet access ? I can't see this as the way to tackle this problem, with many 1,000s of ISP all maintating their own outdated filter lists ?

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