[isalist] Re: Blocking Web Bots
- From: "Glenn P. JOHNSTON" <glenn.johnston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:06:25 +1000
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Yep, I know, how to tell a bot from a real person, ant I did tell them about
graphic instead of text, that thought that was a great idea, why the web
designer did not bring that one up I don't know but any
way......................
It is a legit request, from the clients perspective, this is using bandwith,
and then just subjecting the company to spam, they would like it stopped,
hard to achieve yes,
can be done with 100% certaintity, definately not
But it is a legit request.
But getting back to the web bot, I think back to my days at uni, and one of the
electronic lecturers had a saying, "if someone can find a way to make it, then
someone can find a way to break it, to detect it, to change it, etc, you just
have to look in the right way at the right time".
And there is probably an element of truth in that for web bots, just need to
look the right way, through the right filter. and they jump out of the internet
at you, just need to workout the filter.......
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Subject: [isalist] Re: Blocking Web Bots
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Seriously, though.. If they don't want bot-harvests, they're going to have
to remove the mailto: link altogether, and replace the dork@xxxxxxxx text
with a graphic. The customer won't get the auto "create-mail" feature, but
if they can't type in an email address, then you've got bigger problems.
That, or they have to be OK with it being harvested.
t
On 9/14/06 7:28 PM, "Glenn P. JOHNSTON" <glenn.johnston@xxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh
to all:
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> HI
>
> A client has done some testing, within 24 - 72 hours of putting a new e-mail
> address on there web site, they start receiving spam email to that
> address.They know it being harvested from the web site, as they have
> specifically put a couple of address on just the web site, no where else, to
> prove this (as if it needed to be).
>
> Their request to me last night was a fairly simple 1 liner ?
>
> "Please Configure the ISA server to block these webbots from trolling the web
> site & harvesting e-mail addresses, so we can reduce the SPAM entering our
> e-mail system".
>
> Any ideas or suggestions anyone ?
>
> Regards
> Glenn
>
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