> > If I understand your question correctly... The latter. Obfuscation. > > You did have a look at the rules file and the rules description, right? > It's about injected HTML tags "inside" words or to hide part of the > gibberish as a means of preventing plain word matching, IIRC. It's been > a while, but if memory serves me right, Jennifer picked the rules name, > because these stand out like, well, backhair. ;) > > Anyway, why are you asking? You're not pondering to use it, are you? > > guenther > >
Thank you for the info I looked at the file, yet as a rule making novice it didn't mean a lot to me so I wondered what it does. Yes, I was wondering if it was a good idea to include this ruleset. Should backhair.cf *not* be used anymore with SA or latest SA 3.2.4 or ??? Thanks! - rh