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Getty Images Bot?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:42 pm
by premierhosting
Hi Guys,
How would one go about blocking the nefarious Getty Images bot server-wide with ASL? Anyone already done it?
Re: Getty Images Bot?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:56 pm
by mikeshinn
Probably easy to do, got an access_log example?
Re: Getty Images Bot?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:27 pm
by premierhosting
http://www.picscout.com/
More info here, including IP's:
http://williamfaulkner.co.uk/2007/09/pi ... tockphoto/
More here:
http://gossamerwebdesign.com/?p=411
User agent is reported to be:
picscout
I can't find any current logs with their string, they were crawling and eating resources on a server that I have shut down, so I figure it's just a matter of time before they hit this one.
Re: Getty Images Bot?
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:07 pm
by mikeshinn
You may want to take a look at bot-trap for misbehaving bots:
http://danielwebb.us/software/bot-trap/