phoneyLogic Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Kudos for being a bad ass search engine trick haxor :thumbsup: I wonder why the slash always is being removed. Search engines always leave out certain characters. Of cause some of theam are used, like the "+" or the "-". But, does the slash has a function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHammonds Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Kudos for being a bad ass search engine trick haxor :thumbsup: I wonder why the slash always is being removed. Search engines always leave out certain characters. Of cause some of theam are used, like the "+" or the "-". But, does the slash has a function?Probably because it is a common trick to hack web servers by trying to access the C: or some system DLL / EXE files. If you ever have the pleasure of maintaining a web site, take a look at the web log files. You will see all kinds of random / automated hack attempts...sometimes it comprises the majority of your site traffic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneyLogic Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Yeah, good point. Didn't know that the search engine could be abused in such a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneyLogic Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Otherwise, using an expression like ".dll" doesn't bring along any server related files. With or without slash. I fugure this could be still a bug - and not a feature. Edited July 19, 2011 by tortured Tomato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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