Here we go again - ISP DPI, but is it interception?

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:15 +0100 (BST)
Chris Edwards <chris-ukcrypto at lists.skipnote.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> 
> | I don't get it.
> | 
> | If I want to find out whether a site allows directory traversal -
> some sites | do, some don't - how else am I going to find out other
> than adding a "/.." ?
> 
> And it seems the tsunami hacker didn't even add "/.."
> 
> - he simply truncated the URL, to find a parent or root page.
> 
> Which seems even more unlikey to do damage!

As ever, in certain circumstances insane decisions are reached in
court, usually because they can be....

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Brian Morrison