Re: UKNM: robots.txt - are you at risk?

[Kief Morris]

Lee [dot] Ricklerjoshua-agency [dot] co [dot] uk

 typed the following on 17:09 27/06/00 +0100

 > hhhmmm ... very similar article to:

 >http://howtocc.hypermart.net/articles/robots.html

 >

 >Also ...

 >

 >robots.txt files are fine but for real security


robots.txt has *nothing* to do with security, the purpose of the file is

to warn robots which sections of the site can get them into a mess

due to dynamically generated content and links, secondarily to advise

of content you'd prefer not have in search directories.


Anybody ignorant and/or lazy enough to use robots.txt as a security

mechanism needs to be culled from the Web herd. Maybe script

kiddiez have a useful purpose in the ecosystem after all.



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