metricbikes Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I have an IP address that I tracked to Japan. It comes into my site for 8-10 hours adding a large amount of items and does this every night. Then it dissapears. Is there a way to restrict IP access to the site? Or to end a session? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseWombat Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I have an IP address that I tracked to Japan. It comes into my site for 8-10 hours adding a large amount of items and does this every night. Then it dissapears. Is there a way to restrict IP access to the site? Or to end a session? Thanks. though your webhosts server. or htaccess allow all deny thebadguys.com ( WARNING ) I think I know what Im talking about. BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark27uk3 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hi Steve, Why disallow it when it could be a spider, check your server logs to find out what it is called and then add it to your spiders.txt file. It will allow the spider to index your site but restrict it from adding items to the shopping cart. Mark Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseWombat Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hi Steve, Why disallow it when it could be a spider, check your server logs to find out what it is called and then add it to your spiders.txt file. It will allow the spider to index your site but restrict it from adding items to the shopping cart. Mark Ya well sorry about that I jumped the gun. :blush: FIrstly make sure you are running an updated spider.txt And If you have the visitors stats contribution installed you can check if its visitor in your visitors log if not its a spider. ( WARNING ) I think I know what Im talking about. BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark27uk3 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 When you update your spiders.txt file it maybe a good idea to remove the 'java/' from it just in case you get any conflicts. This happened on my store because the HSBC payment module uses the java/ and it was preventing the HSBC return which stopped all order logging in the dbase. Just a word of warning! Mark Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metricbikes Posted November 13, 2005 Author Share Posted November 13, 2005 210.150.10.41 Here is the IP. I don't believe it is a spider and it spends 8-10 hours on my site at a VERY SLOW crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark27uk3 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hi Steve, I still think its a spider, if you trace the ip address and then do a whois on the company it shows as 'Japan Network Information Center'. I would check your server logs to see if you can find its name. Mark Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metricbikes Posted November 13, 2005 Author Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hi Steve, I still think its a spider, if you trace the ip address and then do a whois on the company it shows as 'Japan Network Information Center'. I would check your server logs to see if you can find its name. Mark Thank you Mark, If it is a spider, it REALLY crawls slow. I will find the bot name and put it in robots.txt to block it. Thanks again. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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