Im trying to find the IP Address of a search engine spider called Mattie - (quote:) "Who's sole purpose is to find MP3's" This 'hobby' robot seems intent on eating up bandwidth on my server on a monthly basis. I've tried several methods to ban it but to no evail.
The only sure fire way I have is to find it's IP Address and ban from the server.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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volatilegx
4:38 pm on Feb 6, 2002 (gmt 0)
Your server logs should contain Mattie's IP address each time it accesses your server.
hellier
5:06 pm on Feb 6, 2002 (gmt 0)
I cant see the IP address anywhere in the log files - its like he wasnt there (this is what my techno bod is telling me anyway).
Ok - We have banned this IP and will monitor over the next couple of days to see if we have swatted the spider ! Thanks for your help. It could have saved me up to a 1 gig a month!
