On 02/15/2010 06:50 PM, Steve Summit wrote: > You're trying to detect / guard against malicious behavior using > *User-Agent*?? Good grief. Have fun with the whack-a-mole game, then. >
Yes, a simple restriction like this tends to create smarter villains rather than less villainy. Filtering on an obvious, easy-to-change characteristic also destroys a useful source of information on who the bad people are, making future abuse prevention efforts harder. William _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
