lucy24 - 12:57 am on Nov 1, 2012 (gmt 0)

a hacker forum comprising of 250,000 members

And what a cheery mental picture that presents.

It is only days since I realized that one minor robot's requests come through as "GET http://www.example.com/blahblahb/tiny-pointless-image.jpg" -- and they've been at it for, well, as far back as I've got accessible logs. I honestly believe this specific case is a bona fide search engine whose robot is so low-tech, it travels by telnet. But I locked 'em out anyway.