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Security Flaws In Aussie Net Filter Exposed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the let-your-government-do-your-thinking-for-you dept.

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."

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  1. From the article by thewils · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've played with a lot of these boxes and the chances of having no security vulnerabilities at all is extremely low. In our testing we haven't actually found a box that we've been happy with the security of, except for little dedicated and extremely cut down boxes, but nothing of this type.

    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?

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  2. Re:But What About The Children/Terrorists/Etc. by dgatwood · · Score: 4, 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!

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  3. Re:Not really news? by D+Ninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are flaws in everything.

    Obviously you haven't yet heard of Natalie Portman.

    Otherwise, yeah, you're right.

  4. Re:Not really news? by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are entirely happy with her decision not to sleep with you?

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  5. Re:why would the list have to "leak"? by Qzukk · · Score: 4, 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.

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  6. Re:It is completely ignorant to think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, only one suffered from a Celine Dion soundtrack.

  7. Re:It is completely ignorant to think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We _ALL_ suffered from a Celine Dion soundtrack.

  8. Re:It is completely ignorant to think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But we all benefited from Kate Winslet's bare boobs.

  9. Re:It is completely ignorant to think... by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually all three sank roughly the same way.

    For sufficiently small values of actually.