Phishing (Was Re: WashingtonPost computer security stories)

Tue Aug 17 17:12:05 UTC 2004

Edward B. Dreger wrote:

>
>Ughh.  Some "security" products cause more trouble than they
>solve.  Norton Internet Security is obnoxious enough to "filter
>ads" by nuking graphics based on pixel dimensions.  (After having
>to alter some sites to get around this, we have a much harder
>time recommending Symantec products...)
>  
>
Filtering images based on size is comparable to filtering specific TCP 
or UDP ports. Both are based on arbitary numbers which have use which 
suffers from the blocking.

Pete