I would just use an IPTABLES firewall entry and block him before hit hits your webserver. sending a message to abuse@.... doesn't hurt either (it establishes an electronic paper trail). However, trying to get an admin at a foreign ISP (especially in a place where a lot of cybergangs are known to operate) to do anything about it is going to be difficult, at best. On 7/26/10 12:10 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I have a server running a school newspaper site. I keep getting hit > from a server in Belgrade with a bad request, which creates an error > and causes my database to grow by 1MB/hit. I am trying to track down > the bug in the database, so my question is really about getting the > guy to stop hitting my server with this request. > > The IP for the request is 212.95.54.48, and I think it is a spider as > I get other requests from this IP for my site map, contacts page, etc. > I looked up the IP and I got this from Whois: > > > > What is the best way to handle this? Send an email to > abuse@inferno.name , or am I just inviting > more abuse? Is there a way for apache to block these addresses before > it hits my site (apache is in front of a plone/zope combination)? I > have a robots.txt file at the root of my site... > > Sitemap: http://ahsnews.com/google-sitemaps.xml > User-agent: * > Disallow: / > > but it doesn't stop him from hitting me anyway. > > Thanks for any suggestions you may have! > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss