m-1 wrote:
> > I've had that, maybe once a month some bright user on a dynamic home
> > connection free isp dialup account comes and tries to snag our jobs
> > database, and the only user agent we know of is teleport pro
> > (responsible for the majority of this kind of attack).
>
> considering your remark at the bottom, I will not give you any extra
> hint about different programs ;-))
> and BTW, the one I sometimes use can introduce itself as ANY browser
Well, just for the record, the most popular non-web-based tool for this is
wget. And yes, it can "introduce" itself as any agent, give any referrer,
etc. But it is used mainly, I think, by the few skilled users.
But the real problem is you site. If you're going to post a database online
with email addresses, then you should post them in ways that are not easily
parsed by email address collectors. This goes for dynamic and static pages.
Or look into wpoison.pl (as mentioned before on this list) to give them
something to chew on. :)
> > it's usually very silly people who do this...
>
> well, thank you. ;-) Also people still fighting with lousy ISPs and
> by-the-minute, slooooooooow Internet connections.....
> And some sites have such a stupid structure that if you save same
> pages to check them offline you don't have a chance to keep
> navigation without editing them. Grabbing the whole site lets you
> save that.
I often grab documentation sites onto my local system. Why hit the web
whenever I need to lookup something in a reference, when I have a local copy?
I think this is just something that, as a webmaster, you have to be aware of.
Of course, documentation is probably not something you're really worried
about the stats on. :)
Jeremy Wadsack
Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
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