Bypassing filtering using <*> in search engines

["Kristian Hermansen" <this_is_kris () hotmail com>]

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                Bypassing Filtering Using <*> in search engines Advisory
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Date:                   July 15th, 2003

Affected engines: Google.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, possibly more...
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Problem Description:

There are many filtering programs out there for the PC and on networks to disallow certain string querying.  By 
encapsulating your queries within < and >, you effectively allow your request to go through unobstructed as if it were 
the original string.  Try searching for <nirvana> on google to see how this works.  You can obviously use <xxx>, 
<teens>, <sex>, etc... to bypass certain restrictions.  Have fun...
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References:
  
  http://www.google.com



Kris Hermansen
"Software analysis for the illegally blind"