[Linux-aus] Google Linux OS coming..

[Bret Busby]

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, James Purser wrote:

> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:14:01 +1000
> From: James Purser <james at jamespurser.com.au>
> To: Bret Busby <bret at busby.net>
> Cc: Linux Australia List <linux-aus at linux.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Google Linux OS coming..
> 
> Bret Busby wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Mark Walkom wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:31:14 +1000
>>> From: Mark Walkom <markwalkom at gmail.com>
>>> To: Linux Australia List <linux-aus at linux.org.au>
>>> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Google Linux OS coming..
>>>
>>> Righto Bret,
>>> Can you back your claims up.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> So to summarise:
>
> - You're a webmaster
> - A couple of weeks ago Google declared one of your sites was "teh hax0r3d"
> - Google has a process including signing up to a Google Webmasters Tools
> account for managing site reviews
> - You feel that Google is "teh 3v1l" for this
> - You claim that Google made you load up code it the "h4x0r3d" site in
> order for the review
>
> And yet here's the process that Google says is the review process:
>
>   1. View a sample of the dangerous URLs on your site in Webmaster Tools.
>   2. Make any necessary changes to your site according to
>      StopBadware.org's Security tips
>      <http://stopbadware.org/home/security>.
>   3. New: Request a malware review from Google and we'll evaluate your
>      site.
>   4. New: Check the status of your review.
>          * If we feel the site is still harmful, we'll provide an
>            updated list of remaining dangerous URLs
>          * If we've determined the site to be clean, you can expect
>            removal of malware messages in the near future (usually
>            within 24 hours).
>
> Which can be found here:
> http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/08/malware-reviews-via-webmaster-tools.html
>
> Funnily enough, no where in there is a demand that code, malicious or
> otherwise be added to anyones site. Or are you referring to the google
> analytics javascript code? Which isn't actually a requirement of Google
> Webmaster Tools.
>
> Seriously Bret, loosen the tin foil.
>
> James
>

Perhaps, if you said what you have to say, in English, so that it is 
readable, it would make some sense.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992

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