Microsoft Sponsors Antiphishing Bakeoff 94
uniquebydegrees writes, "InfoWorld is blogging about the (predictable) results of a Microsoft-sponsored antiphishing technology bakeoff. From the TechWatch blog: 'Microsoft's Phishing Filter (MPF) in IE 7 Beta 3 received the highest "composite score" at 172, followed closely by NetCraft's toolbar with a composite score of 168. But when you dig into the numbers, another story emerges... IE's MPF antiphishing toolbar doesn't top out any of the individual tests that make up the composite score... So how did MPF end up on top?... Microsoft didn't do the best job of spotting phish sites, but it did do the best job of blocking the ones it did spot, and blocking was what garnered the most points... Blocking a phishing Web site earned you twice as many points as just warning about it in this test, but is blocking really twice as effective as just warning users?'"
What a silly question. (Score:5, Funny)
No, of course not. That's why I tape the root password for the file server to users' monitors, but warn them strongly not to use it.
Re:BS composite scores didn't make a huge differen (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Stupid questions (Score:3, Funny)
KFG