the directories that need to be protected are protected... i suppose that would be protection enough from robots, correct?
keep in mind, this is a recommendation auditing service and not a requirement. I posted this question just to see if anyone had done anything special if and when they were audited. ~che -----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:29 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Robot.txt question... security issue? Can you, or are you able to, password protect the directories? IIS Auth? htaccess? IP restrictions? -----Original Message----- From: Che Vilnonis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 7:30 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Robot.txt question... security issue? A client of ours recently had a security audit on their web site. The audit recommended that we remove all 'disallow: /xyz/' entries since a potential hacker could read the robots.txt file and surmise which folders may be sensitive. Here's my question, if I remove all of the [disallow: /xyz/] lines from the robots.txt file, how do I stop the search engines from indexing those directories? Thanks, Che ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:207866 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
