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Maybe write somekind of an application that fires up every 15 minutes or runs continuously to check for such domain conditions and deletes them. Not sure how much effort that is for I'net applications.

Edit: a sort routine would be required most likely. It;s only 40 -100 data elemts???

Except for automated indexing for reputable search engines, I firmly support the blocking of ANY domain that accesses this site at suspiciously high volumes.

I added a list of Asian IP address that are know nefarious, and are blocking them as such.

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With success! The number of silent permanent users significantly declined.

As to the conjecture of search engines among the permanent guests I have to respectfully disagree due to different experiences. Between 2008 and 2010 the average number of guests at 9 a.m. (my time) was 3 - 4, sometimes even less. Mal would be able to confirm (Mal, that would be around 5 p.m. your time). Brian, I believe that search engines focus on traffic instead of static content. What brings me to a search criterion:

Kev, I suggest to set your grid investigation on the characteristic attribute of permanence. A possible schoolroom routine could be:

set online_time = ot
set range ot = 5 hours < x < 10 hours
set john_smith = 0
set i = 0
for i < 1
if ot > x then john_smith = john_smith + 1
-> if john_smith > 5 then disconnect john_smith
-> -> if john_smith > 10 then block john_smith
-> -> echo "Good bye John!"

-> -> echo of
-> -> end if
-> end if
end if
next i
end

Dear Asian Packard guys, no offense meant! All nations


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Gerd -

Not indexing as regards establishment of site rankings, but merely the collection of specific information by automated software agents of any allowed pages to build a searchable index of URLs.

Unfortunately, some of these web crawlers are simply looking to harvest e-mail addresses for use by spammers.

Yet, I'm no engineer - not even of software. Since I don't know exactly how the spidering process works, I can't even begin to outline the approach to an automated defense system.

Of course, anyone with a genuine interest in matters related to Packards is more than welcome here, but those with a malicious agenda should look elsewhere.

Brian, honestly I'm a bit-bender. My above shown conclusions and defense programming would worth less than the paper it would have written on. I'm an entertainer. Thanks heaven PackardInfo has the patented BigKev protective shield!

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-> if john_smith > 5 then disconnect john_smith
-> -> if john_smith > 10 then block john_smith

The block will never take place. If John smith is disconnected after 5 minutes then John smith will never be > 7 ergo never > 10 and thus never blocked.

What computer language is that written in?????

This ought to be easier and just as effective: (i'm assuming a SORT utility exists I would be appauled if one does not)).

Sort IP list ascending DELETE DUPLICATES option.
If number of input records to sort = number of output records to sort do nothing
end-if.
If input to sort > output of sort
Block from deleted duplicates list
end-if.

Sometime tonight they are going to migrate the VPS to a beefier server stack. So there may be an outage while the migration is happening. This should only take a couple of hours or so.

Regards,

Keith, I tried to express in an infinite loop of visual basic vers. 1.0 from 1991: when John Smith would be 5 times x hours (more than 5) non-stop online then disconnect him (which includes the opportunity to return). But after 5 disconnections and 4 returns John would reach the end of the rope.
Again, it was (as always) entertainment-oriented and its defense power would make a Chinese schoolgirlie chuckle.

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