> > From what I have been able to find, the verity spider will > > only spider sites on a single network domain... so a remote > > machine must reside on the same domain. What I'm wondering > > is if anybody > > Yup. Verity (and MS Index Server) are what's called "Worms" - > they "burrow" through the file system of the machine itself. > "Spiders", on the other hand, "walk the web" and see only > what's public through HTTP.
Just a note, Verity in CF 5 and up comes with a spider, called "vspider", that fetches through HTTP. The license limitation of the version of vspider shipped with CF is that it will only spider content on localhost, but it's definitely a spider. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
