02-14-2003, 11:45 AM
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Stopping Content Grabbers...?
Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right forum, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to stop content grabbers?
In my logs, I'm seeing someone use TelePort Pro, and consume almost 70 MB of transfer in one day. I'm not nearing my bandwidth limit yet, but I really don't want a single individual to suck up all the resources, either.
On another msg board, someone suggested using the PHP function sleep() at the end of my files, but I looked it up at php.net and I'm not sure that's what I'd want, considering that it would probably slow down loading...?
I also googled for TelePort Pro, and they claim to be able to get into password-protected areas as well. I have an admin area that I don't link to anywhere, but visit myself, protected by .htaccess. Would this pose as a security issue as well?
Any input would be appreciated!
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02-14-2003, 12:48 PM
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Hail Eris !
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Hello, my name is Sasha and I am content ripper  The best wat to protect from me is using rules in the .haccess file that will treat requests differently if it has GnetBot in the id string. I do make this string change randomly so you might have to look at denying my IPs as well. I have no problem riping the content from your site that is password protected, but I would need to know username and password, so no worries there.
Just a side note, I do get a premission to rip the content from any sites i am doing this for, and I store as much static info in the DB to minimize bandwidth usage on reccuring rips.
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02-14-2003, 12:55 PM
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Thanks for your comments. I'll look into the .htaccess solution.
Edited.
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Last edited by Aralanthir; 02-14-2003 at 01:22 PM.
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02-14-2003, 01:10 PM
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Yea... sasha... you wierdo!
Next time answer the post with just one line and mispell things and use horrible grammar!
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02-14-2003, 01:19 PM
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I found that mod_rewrite is a nifty utility to use ;-)
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02-14-2003, 01:20 PM
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Chill out, Samuel, I wasn't trying to insult him or anything. I just thought his wording was a bit unorthodox, making it seem like he was talking directly *to* me about ripping my site.
Other than that, his response was helpful.
Sorry if you seem insulted by this. I didn't mean any harm.
EDIT: My bad. Sasha's a guy. *sigh* It's too early in the morning...
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02-14-2003, 01:21 PM
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Hail Eris !
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Quote:
Originally posted by Samuel
Yea... sasha... you wierdo!
Next time answer the post with just one line and mispell things and use horrible grammar!
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I nver used anything called grammmar.
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02-14-2003, 01:23 PM
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hahah, yes "Her" response was.... lol sasha is a big dude (Like 7 foot tall)
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02-14-2003, 01:23 PM
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Hail Eris !
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Thank you Aralanthir, my knight. I was not insulted at all.
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02-14-2003, 01:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Samuel
hahah, yes "Her" response was.... lol sasha is a big dude (Like 7 foot tall)
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LOL. Oopsies. Most of the people in the communities I meet tend to be female, so I always end up defaulting to "she."
7 feet tall... I think I should hide now...
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02-14-2003, 01:28 PM
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lol@my knight hahaha
the cold is starting to make you wilt
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