Yep that's right. The filter is too stupid to beable to pick up the q=cache if it is elsewhere in the url instead of just after 'search?'.
It could be done with a regexp list but we've never bothered. Filtering stuff like that out is stupid. A determined person is always going to get around the problem. And frankly, they deserve to! :-) The Internet considers censorship to be damage and routes around it. -John Gilmore. On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, John J. Yatsko, Jr. wrote: > Here's an interesting peice on Google cache blocking and Bess... how to do > it, some "other" holes, etc. > > http://www.sethf.com/anticensorware/bess/google.php > > > John Yatsko, Jr. > Technology Assistant > Erie County Public Library > 160 East Front St > Erie PA 16507 > (814) 451-7307 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Falconer, Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "SquidGuard Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:00 AM > Subject: Re: Google cache blocking > > > > Had the same problem. We fixed it with a url block of: > > google.com/search?q=cache > > > > >From then on any google cache sites where blocked. > > > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Falconer, Craig wrote: > > > > > Google - you're a god - but WHY do you have a publicly-readable cache??? > > > > > > I'm seeing a lot of students using the google cache to bypass blocks. > What > > > can I do? > > > > > > They don't get any graphics on their page though. Any suggestions > (short of > > > blocking google completely (isn't that akin to heresy?)) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
