[plug] Liberal Party website - Query

[Michael Baker]

To be honest I didnt want to disclose the REAL hack....
http://www.liberal.org.au/?action=../../../../windows/win.ini%00

Kiddy? I think not :)

Regards


David Dartnall wrote:
> Jason wrote:
>> And apparently it's a "hack" now.
>>
>> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22561539-2,00.html
>>
>> Stupid media.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:55:21AM +0800, Mike Holland wrote:
>>  
>>> Michael Baker wrote:
>>>    
>>>> I know its a lil off topic but I seen this come up at work today :)
>>>> ...%20like%20to%20suck%20dick!%5C%22%3C/i%3E%3C/center%3E%22%3C%2Fscript%3E 
>>>>       
>>> Ah progress!  When I was a kiddie all we had was:
>>>     10 PRINT FRASER IS A WANKER
>>>     20 GOTO 10
>>>
>>> How much more sophisticated it is now.
>>> And yet how little things change.
>>>
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> How do you determine the OS on the Liberal Party server?
>
> In the event that it's M$ this may be a good opportunity to give Linux 
> a plug.
> Less susceptible to this type of attack?
> And suggest that a Party which ostensibly espouses free trade might 
> well have a look at some of the more enlightened software now freely 
> available in the world.
> Do their IT experts make a lot of sense in what they say?
> A job for some of our lot to tackle - needs more technical savvy than 
> what I've got.
>
> There is a 'comments' panel available.
>
> Dave Dartnall
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