Google Gravity gives unfiltered internet

[howartp]

Hi,

 

Just a heads up on this.

 

There's a Google Gravity page hosted at http://vls.leeschools.net/UserContent/Misc/Google%20Gravity.htm

 

My students have discovered if they search through this, it uses a deprecated API to call the search results from Google and display them - this API call isn't picked up by our smoothwall, and I guess several others. I suspect all/most Google Gravity pages use the same API calls.

 

Therefore they can view pictures that they shouldn't be viewing.

 

I'll be blocking that site, but also looking out for other Gravity pages.

 

Peter

[Gaz]

The results are blocked by smoothwall here.

[exa_andrewp]

If you block the following on your firewall the pages stop functioning.

 

http://www.google.com/uds/api?file=uds.js&v=0.1

http://www.google.com/uds/api

[howartp]

I've spoken to Smoothwall who had a look at my box.

 

Apparently whitelisting google.com isn't advised.... :-P

[Gaz]

I've spoken to Smoothwall who had a look at my box.

 

Apparently whitelisting google.com isn't advised.... :-P

 

lol...