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Phishing (Definition)Using forged emails to trick people into visiting fake websites where they will disclose personal information of interest to the sender. Typically either a domain name is used that at first glance appears to be the domain name of the genuine website, or HTML is used to confuse a reader as to the actual destination of a link in an email.See Also: Pharming. How far away should a hot site or mirror site be?
A question that is often asked when designing a disaster recovery plan is how far away a hot site or mirror site should be. Is there a simple answer? (More...)
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