NetResearchServer/2.8

(loo****rovements.com/robot.html)

[pendanticist]

I'm getting this one from a varity of areas:

"NetResearchServer/2.8(loo****rovements.com/robot.html)"

10/09/03 17:25:11 IP block 64.36.7.170
Trying 64.36.7.170 at ARIN
Trying 64.36.7 at ARIN

OrgName: UUNET Technologies, Inc.
OrgID: UU
Address: 22001 Loudoun County Parkway
City: Ashburn
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20147
Country: US

NetRange: 64.36.0.0 - 64.36.255.255
CIDR: 64.36.0.0/16
NetName: UU-64-36-0
NetHandle: NET-64-36-0-0-1
Parent: NET-64-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: AUTH01.NS.UU.NET
NameServer: AUTH60.NS.UU.NET
Comment:
RegDate:
Updated: 2003-01-31

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-10-08 19:15
# Enter? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

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64.36.7.17010/09/03 17:24:49 IP block 64.34.7.170
Trying 64.34.7.170 at ARIN
Trying 64.34.7 at ARIN

OrgName: Telocity
OrgID: TELO
Address: 10355 De Anza Blvd
City: Cupertino
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 95014-2027
Country: US

NetRange: 64.34.0.0 - 64.34.255.255
CIDR: 64.34.0.0/16
NetName: TELOCITY-1
NetHandle: NET-64-34-0-0-1
Parent: NET-64-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.TELOCITY.NET
NameServer: NS2.TELOCITY.NET
NameServer: NS3.TELOCITY.NET
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2000-01-21
Updated: 2001-06-27

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-10-08 19:15
# Enter? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

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10/09/03 17:24:15 IP block 67.121.68.25
Trying 67.121.68.25 at ARIN
Trying 67.121.68 at ARIN

OrgName: Pac Bell Internet Services
OrgID: PACB
Address: 208 Bush St. #5000
City: San Ramon
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94104
Country: US

NetRange: 67.112.0.0 - 67.127.255.255
CIDR: 67.112.0.0/12
NetName: PBI-NET-10
NetHandle: NET-67-112-0-0-1
Parent: NET-67-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.PBI.NET
NameServer: NS2.PBI.NET
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2001-10-16
Updated: 2003-03-07

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-10-08 19:15
# Enter? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

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10/09/03 23:20:52 IP block 64.36.6.250@
Trying 64.36.6.250 at ARIN
Trying 64.36.6 at ARIN
UUNET Technologies, Inc. UU-64-36-0 (NET-64-36-0-0-1)
64.36.0.0 - 64.36.255.255
New Media RNCI-74620 (NET-64-36-6-0-1)
64.36.6.0 - 64.36.6.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-10-09 19:15
# Enter? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

Is this the proper UA ban?

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetResearchServer [NC,OR]

Or?

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetResearchServer/2.8[OR]

Thank You.

Pendanticist

[claus]

A new version of an old timer it seems - the former was "2.2" and before that "IncyWincy" according to this thread and the link to a previous thread in post #1: [webmasterworld.com...]

The url the forum software camouflaged ("pee i em pee" missing - *lol*) suggests that it will follow a ban in robots.txt like this:

User-Agent: NetResearchServer
Disallow: /

As for the ban, i would use the first version you suggested as (1) it's case insensitive, and (2) it only contains the important part of the UA string, not the version numbers (which may change at some point, just like they have done already).

/claus