Comments on: Protect your site from spam bots http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28 Michael Langley - Michael is an Technical Lead for Lavender. He lives in Sydney and enjoys surfing and music. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BlueGumTech » links for 2010-01-20 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-30326 BlueGumTech » links for 2010-01-20 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:05:07 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-30326 [...] Protect your site from spam bots at Michael Langley If you run your own website, you will soon come to realise the nuisance spam bots present. They trawl your site and collect email addresses, consume your bandwidth and can cause other problems. There however is a number of ways you can prevent some of them. (tags: spam security programming seo bots spambot) [...] [...] Protect your site from spam bots at Michael Langley If you run your own website, you will soon come to realise the nuisance spam bots present. They trawl your site and collect email addresses, consume your bandwidth and can cause other problems. There however is a number of ways you can prevent some of them. (tags: spam security programming seo bots spambot) [...]

]]> By: varul http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-29526 varul Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:04:45 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-29526 Nice post to have get rid of Unknown robots. Those robots are with no identification while they crawling. The only notification is that the "unknown robot crawling" Thank you for get out of me from that issue Nice post to have get rid of Unknown robots.
Those robots are with no identification while they crawling.
The only notification is that the “unknown robot crawling”
Thank you for get out of me from that issue

]]> By: Manish Kumar http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-22126 Manish Kumar Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:16:02 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-22126 I implemented the above solution, but it is not working. The spam bot that has been attacking the site is still not blocked. Infact, it never went to the trap link, but keeps accessing the same url and putting in junk in the form. Is there any to trap a bot that repeatedly accesses the same URL. Thank you I implemented the above solution, but it is not working. The spam bot that has been attacking the site is still not blocked. Infact, it never went to the trap link, but keeps accessing the same url and putting in junk in the form.

Is there any to trap a bot that repeatedly accesses the same URL.

Thank you

]]> By: Chris von Nieda http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-15452 Chris von Nieda Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:13:53 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-15452 Michael, Our site has been getting spammed (a form on our site) for the last few weeks. I have tried numerous solutions to stop it so far unsuccessfully. I just implemented this system and from what I can see it looks excellent but I am no expert. I realize this is an old post so if there are any updates or new info I would greatly appreciate it. regards, - Chris Michael,

Our site has been getting spammed (a form on our site) for the last few weeks. I have tried numerous solutions to stop it so far unsuccessfully.

I just implemented this system and from what I can see it looks excellent but I am no expert.

I realize this is an old post so if there are any updates or new info I would greatly appreciate it.

regards,

- Chris

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]]> By: Ledokin » Protect your site from spam bots http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-4016 Ledokin » Protect your site from spam bots Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:48:59 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-4016 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Michael http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-3655 Michael Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:47:33 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-3655 Hi Kate, You shouldn't need to repeat the process for each subdomain as long as you have done it for the main one (so that .htaccess at the top level is being written to as this will then apply for any subdomain). The only thing you might want to try is putting in more of the hidden links to lure bots, as per step 7... as this will catch bots visiting your subdomains. Cheers, Michael Hi Kate,

You shouldn’t need to repeat the process for each subdomain as long as you have done it for the main one (so that .htaccess at the top level is being written to as this will then apply for any subdomain). The only thing you might want to try is putting in more of the hidden links to lure bots, as per step 7… as this will catch bots visiting your subdomains.

Cheers,

Michael

]]> By: Kate http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-3652 Kate Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:16:32 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-3652 Hi Michael, great info! One question from a relatively new web design newbie - do I repeat this process for every subdomain? Hi Michael, great info! One question from a relatively new web design newbie – do I repeat this process for every subdomain?

]]> By: hiutopor http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-3242 hiutopor Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:54:25 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-3242 Hi Very interesting information! Thanks! Bye Hi

Very interesting information! Thanks!

Bye

]]> By: Michael http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28/comment-page-1#comment-2860 Michael Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:36:14 +0000 http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/28#comment-2860 Ryo, This is most likely caused by a problem of writing the IP address to the .htaccess file. Check your .htaccess file after you get the "500 internal server" error to see what's going on. You may need to ensure you leave a line at the end of the .htaccess file so that when the trap script writes to the .htaccess file it doesn't write at the end of the last line (which may have data). Writing to a line that has information on it will make the .htaccess file invalid causing your problem. The trap script appends a new line at the end rather than the start, so if there is no new line initially you may have this problem. Cheers, Michael Ryo,

This is most likely caused by a problem of writing the IP address to the .htaccess file. Check your .htaccess file after you get the “500 internal server” error to see what’s going on. You may need to ensure you leave a line at the end of the .htaccess file so that when the trap script writes to the .htaccess file it doesn’t write at the end of the last line (which may have data). Writing to a line that has information on it will make the .htaccess file invalid causing your problem. The trap script appends a new line at the end rather than the start, so if there is no new line initially you may have this problem.

Cheers,

Michael

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