Anyone know this bot?

216.55.138.108

[Weblamer]

Hello all,

I have a bot hitting my pages fairly hard with an IP of 216.55.138.108. However, I cannot seem to resolve this IP into anything meaningful.

Anyone else seen this?

[jdMorgan]

Weblamer,

I haven't seen this IP yet, but it's either these guys or a customer using a fixed IP address.

From ARIN [arin.net]:

OrgName: Abacus America Inc.
OrgID: ABAC

NetRange: 216.55.128.0 - 216.55.191.255
CIDR: 216.55.128.0/18
NetName: ABAC1999A
NetHandle: NET-216-55-128-0-1
Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.ABAC.COM
NameServer: NS2.ABAC.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 1999-05-28
Updated: 2000-11-02

TechHandle: AD384-ORG-ARIN
TechName: A+Net Internet Services
TechPhone: [phone]
TechEmail: [e-mail]

# ARIN Whois database, last updated 2002-11-17 19:05

OrgName: Abacus America Inc.
OrgID: ABAC
Address: 5266 Eastgate Mall San Diego CA 92121
Country: US
Comment:
RegDate: 1997-06-24
Updated: 2000-11-02

Jim

[Weblamer]

Grrr. I wonder if it's a competetor spidering my site.

I wrote that ISP a mail concerning the Ip hitting my site hard, but I have a feeling they wont respond.

[ukgimp]

Can you just ban them?

They are not a major player, and if they ever turn out to be you can Un-Ban them :)

[Weblamer]

My site is hosted on some windows server by a hosting company. To tell the truth, I do not know how to ban someone. Can anyone point me to some docs with this info?

[Weblamer]

Just an update...

That spider was not doing anything too bad until it hit a form on one of my pages, and started fireing up hundreds of emails. I finally called my hosting provider and had them ban the IP all together. fustrating.

[jdMorgan]

Weblamer,

I think that with a Windows server, you can block accesses using your "control panel". I've seen several posts here on WebmasterWorld concerning IIS and Win 2000 blocking - might be worth a site search.

Jim

[Weblamer]

Thanks, however, we have a third party web hosting company. I only have ftp access. shrug.