You're assuming that the spider respects cookies. I would not expect this to be the case.
Peter Bi wrote: > > How about adding a MD5 watermark for the cookie ? Well, it is becoming > complicated .... > > Peter Bi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kyle dawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Peter Bi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:29 AM > Subject: Re: Throttling, once again > > > Peter > > > > Storing the last access time, etc in a cookie won't work for a perl script > > that's abusing your site, or pretty much any spider, or even for anyone > > browsing without cookies, for that matter. -- Steve Piner Web Applications Developer Marketview Limited http://www.marketview.co.nz
