[LINK] May the Farce be with you. [Was] Re: Our government does it again

[Paul Bolger]

This does though:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request *GET /LoginServices/main/login
<https://my.gov.au/LoginServices/main/login>*.

Reason: *Error reading from remote server*


Second day of the financial year - why would anyone want to log in to the
ATO self service area?

Happened last year too:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2280920

On 13 October 2014 at 23:46, David Boxall <linkdb at boxall.name> wrote:

> On 3/10/2014 4:05 PM, David Boxall wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just tried to create a myGov account. Trouble is, it wouldn't accept
> > my email address, which is on a .name domain. They're evidently using a
> > truly ancient validation routine.
> >
> > If you're going to introduce a single point of failure, I reckon it's
> > best to avoid the most stupid of mistakes.
> >
> Renewed my driver's licence today. Apparently, I somehow applied for
> their online services at the same time. Below is text from the complaint
> I lodged via their web form:
>
> > I received an email:
> > "You have recently provided your details to sign-up to Online Services.
> >
> > To get started, go to www.rms.nsw.gov.au/onlineservices and log in
> using the details below."
> > What followed were:
> > "Surname: BOXALL"
> > and a temporary password.
> > www.rms.nsw.gov.au/onlineservices redirects to a lengthy URL, beginning
> https://www.myrta.com/wps/portal/extvp/myrta/..., which doesn't have
> fields matching the email. It does have a button labelled "Log In".
> Pressing that leads to another, even lengthier, URL beginning
> https://www.myrta.com/wps/portal/extvp/myrta/login/... That page has
> fields labelled "Photo card number" and "Password". The temporary password
> doesn't work with either my surname or my photo licence number.
> >
> > Environment: Windows 7 64-bit and Firefox 32.0.3.
>
> On the bright side, this one doesn't affect the whole country.
>
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