full-disclosure - search engine proxy

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From: David.Cushing at hitachisoftware.com (Cushing, David)
Subject: search engine proxy

> someone once mentioned a way to use
> either google or yahoo as a proxy server 
> by typing in something in the
> address bar of a browser.

Only the text is translated.  They don't rewrite urls within the page.  

If you use a standard browser setup and the page has an image (style sheet/scripting/...), you will download it and reveal yourself.  
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David