Security Flaws In Aussie Net Filter Exposed 182
Faldo writes "There's a three-part interview with a computer security expert on BanThisURL that goes into the flaws in the Aussie net filtering scheme. In addition to SSH tunnels and proxies, more worrying problems like trojaning the boxes to set up man in the middle attacks (which the interviewee has done in his lab), cross site scripting and the Australian blacklist leaking are all discussed. Worrying and relevant, especially since Thailand's blacklist has just been leaked."
From the article (Score:5, Funny)
Disagree, they could just use a Windows box for this, as long as they keep it up-to-date with patches they'll be fine, right?
Re:But What About The Children/Terrorists/Etc. (Score:5, Funny)
Politics tends to attract those who want power, and those who want power are seldom in the best interests of those who are being led. Therefore, an ideal political structure would include a benevolent dictator randomly chosen from the population, who would be deposed if another group of a dozen randomly chosen people decide to throw him/her out. It would then have a mock electoral process to elect fake leaders. The resulting political body's sole purpose for existence would be bringing politicians out of the woodwork and keeping them isolated from polite society.
I hereby nominate CmdrTaco as the first benevolent dictator. All in favor, say aye!
Re:Not really news? (Score:5, Funny)
There are flaws in everything.
Obviously you haven't yet heard of Natalie Portman.
Otherwise, yeah, you're right.
Re:Not really news? (Score:5, Funny)
You are entirely happy with her decision not to sleep with you?
Re:why would the list have to "leak"? (Score:5, Funny)
doesn't the govenment publish the blacklist?
I searched for it online but every time I tried to view the list, I got a page that said the site had been blocked.
Re:It is completely ignorant to think... (Score:5, Funny)
Also, only one suffered from a Celine Dion soundtrack.
Re:It is completely ignorant to think... (Score:3, Funny)
The grandparent is too good to use borrowed words like "hubris". His supremacy deserves better.
Re:It is completely ignorant to think... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not really news? (Score:4, Funny)
There are flaws in everything.
Obviously you haven't yet heard of Natalie Portman.
Otherwise, yeah, you're right.
She lacks stone skin and grits. How can you overlook such obvious flaws.
Re:It is completely ignorant to think... (Score:5, Funny)
But we all benefited from Kate Winslet's bare boobs.
Re:It is completely ignorant to think... (Score:5, Funny)
For sufficiently small values of actually.
Re:But What About The Children/Terrorists/Etc. (Score:4, Funny)
Who says filtering is hard? (Score:3, Funny)
"We have buttiduously canvbutted the industry, buttessed what is available and buttembled the finest selection of contractors for this buttignment. The filters will buttociatively clbuttify all communications [today.com] and filter then, I can butture you, rebuttemble them with surpbutting exacbreastude in any quanbreasty. Consbreastuents can be rebuttured that a mulbreastude of industry compebreastors will butture quality and keep our clbuttrooms safe. EDS Capita Goatse will not embarbutt us."
The plans have attracted wide criticism. "It will only give supersbreastious rebutturance to medireview thinkers," said EFA. "Automated systems won't solve human problems like loveual harbuttment. Mbuttacring the written word into a Picbutto painting is not the anbreastank missile of Internet safety."
Unions also butterted that such close buttessment of staff in the workplace would hamper efficiency and could verge on workplace harbuttment. "Watermeloning cranberries."
The government was unfazed. "Butterting free speech is one thing, but a triparbreaste committee considers that that does not justify mere pbuttive breastillation at the expense of others."
The first filtering offices will be set up in Arsenal, Penistone and Scunthorpe.