"GT::WWW/1.026" from .reverse.layeredtech.com

No robots.txt

[Pfui]

Courtesy of DNS Stuff:

IP address: 72.36.209.170
Reverse DNS: 170.209.36.72.reverse.layeredtech.com.
Reverse DNS authenticity: [Could be forged: hostname 170.209.36.72.reverse.layeredtech.com. does not exist]
ASN Name: SAVVIS

(SAVVIS makes me twitch almost as much as HURRICANE ELECTRIC and MCCOLO do.)

170.209.36.72.reverse.layeredtech.com - - [24/Jul/2006:23:49:57 -0700] "HEAD /dir/file.html HTTP/1.1" 403 0 "-" "GT::WWW/1.026"
170.209.36.72.reverse.layeredtech.com - - [24/Jul/2006:23:49:57 -0700] "GET /dir/file.html HTTP/1.1" 403 815 "-" "GT::WWW/1.026"
170.209.36.72.reverse.layeredtech.com - - [25/Jul/2006:10:24:48 -0700] "HEAD /dir/file.html HTTP/1.1" 403 0 "-" "GT::WWW/1.026"
170.209.36.72.reverse.layeredtech.com - - [25/Jul/2006:10:24:48 -0700] "GET /dir/file.html HTTP/1.1" 403 815 "-" "GT::WWW/1.026"

Other threads here -- about v1.023 (talk about incremental... .023 -> .026) -- but no hard info, other than "wilderness"/Don is still not keen on co-locators;)

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[incrediBILL]

You didn't just block the entire Layeredtech hosting farm?

Tsk tsk...

[GaryK]

I did that awhile back. I also added the two you mentioned in your blog. Of course I've also got HE and McColo blocked. It's actually interesting to see the positive effect these bans have had on my servers, and how I've had absolutely zero complaints from people about being unable to reach my servers.

[wilderness]

but no hard info, other than "wilderness"

Here's "the skinny" especially for you Annie.

Some time back I was in the grocery store and amongst the shreded wheat boxes was a soliatry box with free offer decoder ring.
Upon arriving home and removing the lid from the ring was some special htaccess lines that makes the CPU of all co-locators beging smoking when they visit my websites. (I regret that I'm unable to share this htaccess lines as I had to swear secrecy to the cereal maker.)
The co-locator is then forced to contact me before their computer burns up.

When this particular spider contacted me, they provided the following:

My name is John Smith and my wife's name is Pocohantas. We utilize co-location servers for two reasons; 1) to remain hidden and 2) because we have upset so many hosts that we are unable to obtain hosting from ANY provider.
Our purpose in crawling your websites is to gather email addresses so that we may sell CD's packed full of email addys to potential spammers, all the while utilizing your bandwith and your expense to gather our data and line our pockets.
end of quote

Hopefullly this sarcastic fiction has made your day more enjoyable.
I know it has amused our resident soothsayer Majestic ;)

Don

[abates]

Does anyone have a list of the IP ranges layeredtech uses? I've tried googling, but my google-foo is obviously not strong enough to find a list. :)

[wilderness]

Just go to ARIN and copy in the following exactly:

Layered

[abates]

Thanks, Wilderness!