On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:28:54AM -0400, Keith C. Ivey wrote:
> Jeremy Zawodny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Yahoo is well aware of the SA rules.  Any new redirectors they
> > add will not trigger those rules and not be open to abuse
> > either.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean.  The problem is that new 'srd' 
> redirectors don't trigger the current rules but are open to 
> abuse (and spammers are using them), so any new rule is likely 
> to be much less specific.
> 
> Are you saying Yahoo will get it right next time, and they'll 
> check to see what the current state of the SA rules is when 
> they decide on their URL format?

I'm saying Yahoo will get it right next time, yes.  Last I heard (a
while back), the new redirectors were on-line, being tested, and they
aren't vulnerable to those attacks.

Jeremy
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