On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 03:56:38PM -0500, Gloves 12 wrote: > Thank you for the reply! Yes, I totally agree, I am legally liable > for anything I do with cURL. > > Sorry if I was too long-winded. More concisely: when a developer > uses cURL, what sort of things does he or she look out for to make > sure their call is safe for the website they are visiting? I'm > looking for anyone who uses cURL in the same way - to visit other > people's websites - who can give me a little perspective of the norms > in this area. Is this something I should be concerned about?
There are several guides on the net to best practices when writing web spiders, such as this one: http://spideringhacks.org.ua/0596005776_spiderhks-chp-1-sect-3.html Also, don't neglect the issue of making things safe for your spider. The libcurl-tutorial man page has a Security Considerations section that goes into some detail on that end of things. >>> Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library Etiquette: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
