[thelist] robots.txt

[Jeff Howden]

diane,

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> From: Diane Soini
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> [...] I'm curious if these robots have the ability to
> browse cgi scripts and read the script without
> executing it. [...]
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bots don't do anything different than a browser.  they issue a get request
to specific address.

if it were somehow possible to view the server-side logic of a cgi script,
asp page, coldfusion template, etc, we'd all have much bigger problems than
spam.

.jeff

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