[73251] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Phishing (Was Re: WashingtonPost computer security stories)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Tue Aug 17 13:12:44 2004
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:12:05 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0408171550020.15249-100000@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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
