> > Bottom line is that if you have session turned on, every visitor will have > a session.
But not until you set a session var, right? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > They do, but they are usually one shot sessions. Basically, most bots do > not > keep state. When it hits one page and gets a session, the next page it hits > is treated as if it was a new visit. In other words, a new session. The > amount of bots that keep state and have a single session were rare but are > becoming more prevalent. When I write bots, I always write them with state > management. > > Bottom line is that if you have session turned on, every visitor will have > a > session. > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:14 AM, John M Bliss <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It notes the more common bots (google) and assigns them a timeout of 2 > > > seconds. > > > > > > I'm under the impression that bots (or just the Google bot?) don't "do" > > sessions at all, no? > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I use this in my application.cfc right at top. It notes the more common > > > bots > > > (google) and assigns them a timeout of 2 seconds. You can use the same > > > logic > > > for whatever you want. > > > > > > IF > > > > > > > > > (REFindNoCase('Slurp|Google|BecomeBot|msnbot|ZyBorg|RufusBot|EMonitor|java', > > > cgi.http_user_agent)) > > > This.sessionTimeout=createtimespan(0,0,0,2); > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Les Mizzell <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In working out my Googlebot problem, I came across an idea of using > > > > HTTP_USER_AGENT to identify a bot, and then exclude it from an area > or > > > > whatever (redirect it to www.disney.com or something... that's a > joke) > > > > ... assuming it gets in despite the robots.txt file. > > > > > > > > So, this looks like a good starting point to modify from: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1083-ColdFusion-Session-Management-And-Spiders-Bots.htm > > > > > > > > I see how to deal with bots you can identify. Can anybody think of a > > way > > > > or have an example of how to figure out that it's a unidentifiable > bot > > > > (rather than a real user with a browser) and redirect/whatever? > > > > > > > > Just asking.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319599 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
