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From: this_is_kris at hotmail.com (Kristian Hermansen)
Subject: Bypassing filtering using <*> in search engines

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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"
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