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Pharming
Pharming is a sophisticated, special form for phishing. The pharmers utilize the DNS system; i.e. the system on the Internet that translates a computer name to an Internet Protocol address (IP address). The pharmers attempt to change the host name to another IP address than the real legitimate address. This enables the pharmer to e.g set up a web page that looks like a bank's web page, and thereby collect lots of personal information.
Another (older) word for pharming is DNS poisoning.
