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Old 12-22-2002, 05:42 PM  
Zyber
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Originally posted by notjoe
I am writing some scripts and one of them is to detect a hitbot on a TGP or any site for that matter. I am just wondering what people think is the best way to nail a hitbot/detect it?

The couple things i can think of are:
1) Roughly the same amount of time will laspe between requests.
2) Large volume of unique ips doing the exact same amount of hits.

Lets hear some more suggestions.

Joe

All the stuff you want to check for can be adjusted by some creative hitbots... the best way to catch a hitbot is not to tell what you are going to look for...
Never assume anything... I think you should just make a series of tests on the traffic and hope that one of your tests is one the hitbotter had not been prepared for.

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