Monthly Archives: April 2009

Open Redirect at Ask.com

Spammers have found an open redirect in the ask.com website. These redirects are often used to mask their URL’s from RBL’s and services like Spamcop.

Redirect:
http://wzeu.ask.com/r?t=lyc&u=http://www.microsoft.com/

I have put Microsoft in as an example here anyone can put any URL in at he end to use this redirect. I have filed a support ticket with Ask about this.

A redirect that they were using at Go.com is still open a month later even after I sent them notice of it. (Lazy)

Australian National Broadband Network, $43 Billion, FTTP

The Australian Federal Government has announced the results of it’s national broadband network.

Essentially they have rejected all tenders and are going to spend $43 Billion to create a new wholesale communications company over a period of 8 years, that will provide Fibre To The Premises (FTTP, also refered to as Fibre To The Home – FTTH).