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Old 07-26-2005
Stanford security experts unveil defenses against ‘phishing’ attacks

It's an online con that is growing fast and stealing tens of millions of dollars.

An e-mail seemingly from a financial institution instructs you to log on to a legitimate-looking Web site. Such “phishing” attacks exploit a universal weakness in online security: passwords.

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OFXCONNECT(1)							   User Commands						     OFXCONNECT(1)

NAME
ofxconnect - Create a statement request file SYNOPSIS
ofxconnect [OPTIONS]... [FILES]... DESCRIPTION
ofxconnect 0.9.4 prints to stdout the created OFX file based on the options you pass it. currently it will only create a statement request file. you can POST this to an OFX server to request a statement from that financial institution for that account. -h, --help Print help and exit -V, --version Print version and exit --fipid=STRING FI partner identifier (looks up fid, org & url from partner server) --fid=STRING FI identifier --org=STRING FI org tag --bank=STRING IBAN bank identifier --broker=STRING Broker identifier --user=STRING User name --pass=STRING Password --acct=STRING Account ID --type=INT Account Type 1=checking 2=invest 3=ccard --past=LONG How far back to look from today (in days) --url=STRING Url to POST the data to (otherwise goes to stdout) --trid=INT Transaction id Group: command -s, --statement-req Request for a statement -a, --accountinfo-req Request for a list of accounts -p, --payment-req Request to make a payment -i, --paymentinquiry-req Request to inquire about the status of a payment -b, --bank-list List all known banks -f, --bank-fipid List all fipids for a given bank -v, --bank-services List supported services for a given fipid --allsupport List all banks which support online banking ofxconnect 0.9.4 May 2012 OFXCONNECT(1)