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More On Proxies & Idiots

Alex posted this question on my post about how to block proxies: Wow…Your information has really helped me out! I host a site on Livejournal, so I don’t know if this will work, but even a hope is better than what’s going on now! By the way, I tried out the whois tool, and I had several [...]

30 January 2010 at 19:50 - Comments

How We Block Proxies, Bots, Scrapers, Trolls & Assholes

As a website owner, you probably have at least a few good reasons to block bots and scrapers.  Scrapers steal your content and unruly bots can do anything from eating your bandwidth to trying to hack into your site. As a forum or community owner, you may also have reasons to block proxies.  Proxies are what [...]

22 August 2009 at 19:26 - Comments
Kirk (1 comments)
Hey Randy, Thanks a lot for the great and helpful article! I've been trying to combat some people using ...
27 June 10 at 22:51
Randy Brown (158 comments)
@Kirk.. there isnt really a good way to "test" Bad Behavior other than to look a the logs and look ...
28 June 10 at 07:07

Virtualpetlist.com p0wned, But Recovering

Don’t get p0wned!

16 July 2009 at 14:04 - Comments
Anonymous (15 comments)
Similar things have happened in virtual pet sites when an owner wants to relaunch a website... Also, I think "http://adoptpetsonline.com/boards/general-chat/8-controversy-virtual-pet-list.html" describes ...
26 July 09 at 02:00
Cpvr (5 comments)
Here is more information virtual pet list's press release
27 July 09 at 02:19

Is eHarmoney Scraping YOUR Site?

Why is eHarmony.com downloading sitemaps?!

22 December 2008 at 15:36 - Comments
Mustafa (1 comments)
Perhaps they were harvesting lead information, like your commenters' names and email addresses.. Just a thought..
22 December 08 at 16:59
Randy Brown (158 comments)
[quote comment="2129"]Perhaps they were harvesting lead information, like your commenters' names and email addresses.. Just a thought..[/quote] That was one of ...
23 December 08 at 08:41