[thelist] Mysterious websites and referers

Roel Mulder roel.mulder at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 15:02:35 CDT 2005


Hi all,
Since yesterday we get referers from websites that actually don't
refer to our domain. Requests are made by the hour, at 38 minutes past
each hour. The websites are hosted under divers domains:

(please remove the # as I wont give them the pleasure of providing
working hyperlinks)

http://cow.oxso#.net/
http://continue.oxso#.net/
http://conter.blackdaddy#.net/
http://cooro.freewebpage#.org/

404's are directed to http://free-web-host#.net/FAQ.html or
http://www.freewebpage#.org/docs/errors/404.htm

These sites have the common feature that there are many hyperlinks to
documents in the webroot, these hyperlinks seem to be random. Texts on
these pages appear elsewehere on the internet.

E.g. : http://continue.oxso#.net/saitpd.html and
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+bite+of+the+Tarantula+may+not+provoke%22

Or http://continue.oxso#.net/saitpd.html and
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Must+we+take+these+queer+things+seriously+or+laugh+at+them%22

So my questions are:

- Does anyone else find referers like these?
- Why would anybody take the trouble operating those websites?
- How come requests originate from those websites without hyperlinks
to the requested website?

Cheers,
Roel


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