[isalist] Re: Blocking Web Bots
- From: "Ball, Dan" <DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:26:28 -0400
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I was going to mention the text file (I forget the name) you can put on
your website to make legitimate web bots ignore that directory. But
then, we're not talking legitimate bots here, so nevermind...
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Glenn P. JOHNSTON
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 1:06 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: Blocking Web Bots
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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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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Thor (Hammer of God)
Sent: Fri 15/Sep/2006 12:42
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: Blocking Web Bots
http://www.ISAserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
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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:
> http://www.ISAserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
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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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