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  From: Glen Vallance <glen@webmedia.com.au>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:30:52 +0930

Re: Opinions on New Internet Bill (While I am still allowed to

Mark Newton wrote:

> Toby Corkindale wrote:
>
>  > > Filtering software doesn't tell you what it's blocking.  The blacklists
>  > > that come with filtering programs are almost always encrypted.

Yup, you won't even know if a legitamate site is being blocked.  One they
blacklist it it's gone.

>  > Huh?
>  > I suppose this could be this way to prevent competitors from stealing
>  > the lists,
>
> Yup.  Not just competitors, too:  Can you imageine the sales figures
> on a CD-ROM full of pornographic URLs? :-)

Here's an idea:

Let's make an Word Macro that we can attach to Emails that lists pornographic
sites and make it so it's self replicating.  Better still, let's make it only
take down Microsloth servers if they can't handle the load.

Even more amusingly I think you'll find that government servers are the most
vunerable =).

Oh it's been done?



Glen

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