So, the cluster doesn't support sticky sessions or shared session data (eg. database)?
Oh well. It sounds like they're a really dedicated bunch though. "Obscurity is not security" as they say. Guess you're going to have to take an offensive stance then instead, gather evidence, catch them out red handed, and take them to court. :S (lawyers fees, pain pain pain!) Or, we could have some of the guys pay them a visit, lol. (j/k) - Peter -----Original Message----- From: Peter Dray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2003 13:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Stopping 'db scrapes' Too much pain. We use a clustered environment and get roughly 29,000 searches a day on this site -----Original Message----- From: Peter Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2003 13:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Stopping 'db scrapes' Try making a graphic on the fly with a special code word in it that they have to enter. When you generate the code word, store it in a server-side session variable which is used to compare the user's input when the form is posted. Deform the graphic as much as possible so that OCR algorithms will fail. Voila! HTH - Peter -----Original Message----- From: Peter Dray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2003 11:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ cf-dev ] Stopping 'db scrapes' People, One of the sites I am working on gets its data 'scraped' for use in a piece of software developed by a competitor. They use an http get or post from an end users machine so it's impossible to tell the software apart from any other user. Has anyone here any advice on what methods to use to defeat this sort of thing? Cheers Pete Dray -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
