[AusNOG] Web filter a runaway success: Exetel

[Kai]

Mmmm, so the article doesn't tell the full story, figures, but what's 
the bet that certain people in certain places will use this one article 
to basically say "Hey, see, the filter aint ALL bad..." :S

Andrew Cox wrote:
> I'd hazard a guess that the 20,000 hits were connections from extel's 
> router across the tunnel to the watchguard server for the 198 filtered IP's.
> This however wouldn't mean they were banned content, just that people 
> accessed content that was on an IP with /some/ banned content.
> (For all we know one of the blocked urls could've been a picture on 
> wikipedia etc: if this was the case all traffic for that one server 
> passes via the watchdog server and only the prohibited url gets blocked)
> 
> I explained and linked the original extel explanation of the filter 
> here: 
> http://techwiredau.com/2009/05/extel-conclude-isp-level-filtering-feasible/comment-page-1/#comment-9035
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew Cox
> AccessPlus HNA
> 
> Colwell, Scott wrote:
>> I'd be interested in knowing whether the "20,000 hits against a
>> blacklist
>> of alleged child porn Web sites" is just 'DOS backscatter' or whether it
>> is
>> actual port 80 with a http GET to the actual URL?
>>
>> And even then, malware like conficker generates this sort of traffic...
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>   
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>>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Kai
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2009 9:03 AM
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>>> Subject: [AusNOG] Web filter a runaway success: Exetel
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>>> I'm sure there's more to it than this?!
>>>
>>> Web filter a runaway success: Exetel
>>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/301839/web_filter_runa
>>> way_success_exetel
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