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Re: Phishing (Was Re: WashingtonPost computer security stories)

  • From: Petri Helenius
  • Date: Tue Aug 17 13:14:31 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