OT - robots.txt

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2003

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 46829
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texte = A story about how some hackers got into and defaced the RIAA site shows how important it is to omit any mention of hidden or private files in the robots.txt file.http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/27230.htmlEssentially, using something likeUser-agent: *Disallow: /Admin/passwords.tplis a bad move.It's also a good idea to have no links on any spiderable pages that would tell a spider the name or URL of anything the Bad Guys shouldn't know about.Glenn-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

OT - robots.txt (Glenn Busbin 2003)

A story about how some hackers got into and defaced the RIAA site shows how important it is to omit any mention of hidden or private files in the robots.txt file.http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/27230.htmlEssentially, using something likeUser-agent: *Disallow: /Admin/passwords.tplis a bad move.It's also a good idea to have no links on any spiderable pages that would tell a spider the name or URL of anything the Bad Guys shouldn't know about.Glenn-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Glenn Busbin

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