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Weirdan
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by Weirdan » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:25 am
'bad bots' have configurable user-agent string.
phppage
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by phppage » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:14 am
Ah, so someone using one could just change the name and it would go undetected? With this in mind do you think the above would still be good to put in place? Do you thin kit could cause resources to be used up unnecessary?
Weirdan
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by Weirdan » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:46 am
Ah, so someone using one could just change the name and it would go undetected?
Exactly.
With this in mind do you think the above would still be good to put in place?
With no added security, why bother to use that?