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Re: SLUGWIRE: Fun with the ATO (was Re: [SLUG] Extracting Weather text out of a web page - Newbie Question)

To: Conrad Parker <conradp@nospam.ives.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: SLUGWIRE: Fun with the ATO (was Re: [SLUG] Extracting Weather text out of a web page - Newbie Question)
From: Matthew Dalton <matthewd@nospam.research.canon.com.au>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 13:32:27 +1000
Cc: slug@nospam.slug.org.au
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10007030955220.27370-100000@nospam.iceberg.tfry.com.au> <20000703122505.B27779@nospam.ives.cse.unsw.edu.au>
Sender: owner-slug@nospam.newtreno.spectrum.com.au

That oughta look good in the next Pearls.

Conrad Parker wrote:
> 
> DISGRUNTLED LINUX USERS "FIX" OZ GOVT, MAKE WORLD BETTER PLACE
> 
> SLUGWIRE Mon Jul  3 12:22:01 EST 2000
> Exploiting a "hole" in the Australian Tax Office meta-process, users
> of the Linux computer operating system today bombarded the ATO web
> site with thousands of Australian Business ABN Number requests, in
> what they describe as a "Denial of Non-Service" attack.
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References:
- Re: [SLUG] Extracting Weather text out of a web page - Newbie Question
  - From: Jamie Honan <jhonan@nospam.optushome.com.au>
- SLUGWIRE: Fun with the ATO (was Re: [SLUG] Extracting Weather text out of a web page - Newbie Question)
  - From: Conrad Parker <conradp@nospam.ives.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU>

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