I have a page I've been using on a site just to annoy harvester bots. This page is listed in my "robots" file as a "do not crawl" page, which the harvester bots love to visit!
The page contains a javascript version of wpoison written by D.K.Merriman. To a bot, the page in question looks like a guest book with thousands of entires. It also generates random links that actually link back to the same page, so once a harvester bot hits the page, it will sit there for ever slurping up bogus email addresses. At the top of the same page, I've included the below that emails me and then I can go see where the little bastard came from: <cfmail to="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" from="Some Spammer" subject="HARVESTER ALERT" > address = #cgi.remote_addr#<br> host = #cgi.remote_host#<br> referer = #cgi.http_referer#<br> agent = #cgi.http_user_agent#<br> page = #cgi.script_name# </cfmail> Damn good fun! -- ----------- Les Mizzell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:222692 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
