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

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