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IP: Security Holes in Web Privacy Program
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 05:35:42 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Security Holes in Web Privacy Program - May 21, 2002 03:32 AM (AP Online) By D. IAN HOPPER AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A popular Internet privacy service that lets Web surfers visit sites anonymously has fixed several serious flaws, and now the service's founder is offering a reward to the finder of the bugs. Bennett Haselton, an Internet filtering activist who runs the Peacefire Web site, found the problems with Anonymizer.com, a five-year-old service that shields users from tracking by Web sites and their Internet providers. Haselton ``came up with a new way of exploiting (Web) standards,'' Anonymizer president Lance Cottrell explained Monday. ``They're pretty subtle.'' Many major commercial sites cringe when security researchers find a hole. But Anonymizer actually encourages it through a ``bug bounty.'' Haselton's reward: three free years of the Anonymizer service, which costs $50 a year. Cottrell said the offer stands for anyone else who can find security holes in the service. ... http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=27257112 ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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