http://www.ISAserver.org ------------------------------------------------------- robots.txt is the one you're thinking of Dan. Regards, Steve Steve Lunn Technical Support Analyst - Microsoft MCP engage Mutual Assurance DDI: 01423 855101 Fax: 01423 855181 -----Original Message----- From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ball, Dan Sent: 15 September 2006 12:26 To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: Blocking Web Bots http://www.ISAserver.org ------------------------------------------------------- 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... -----Original Message----- 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 http://www.ISAserver.org ------------------------------------------------------- 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....... ________________________________ 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/> ------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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