detecting site download?

Possible to detect and stop FrontPage download of site?

[stapel]

My server stats regularly show FrontPage (and other site-snagging software) downloading my site. I have had frequent problems with people stealing my site.

Is there some way to detect the download (based on some aspect of server behavior, maybe) that can be used to prevent the download in the first place? Might there be a scripting remedy?

Thank you for all advice/URLs.

Eliz.

[jdMorgan]

Eliz,

Many people take a multifaceted approach to limiting access to their sites. The main elements are detection and access control.

Access control can be done by:

Blocking by User-agent

Blocking by IP address or IP address range

Password requirement

Authorized user lists

Other methods I can't think of late at night :)

Detection ranges from the very simple - spotting bad guys in your log files - to more sophisticated approaches such as this spider trap [webmasterworld.com] script.

In the case of FrontPage, I block that one by User-agent.

How you do this blocking depends on what server your site runs on - Apache, IIS, Netscape, etc. It's usually very easy to do - at least after you've done it once! ;)

HTH,
Jim

[stapel]

As for banning by user_agent, not all instances of FrontPage identify themselves as such. (For instance, my copy identifies itself as "Mozilla".) But using the "SetEnvIf" technique may prevent some accesses, because "FrontPage" is showing up in my logs.

I will try the script you mention; thank you for the link [webmasterworld.com]. I will post my questions regarding the script on the "Perl" Forum.

Eliz.