Re: [PHP] page suck attack

robert wrote:
Not that i can tell. Yahoo and google have a signature: googlebot and slurp. both of them also check my site over a span of days. that's all good. The others come from regular isps as far as their IP tells me and the hits are within milliseconds.
Hi,

Are the URL's legit? Or are there URL's being called that cause 404 errors? Since there are bots out there scanning for vulnerable paths, like phpMyAdmin, phpBB, cgi-bin exploits etc.


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