WorQmada/1.0

[bobothecat]

207.182.230.nnn - - [14/Dec/2006:02:45:43 -0600] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 21388 "-" "WorQmada/1.0"

No request for robots.txt, and pulled 1 page. IP appears to belong to a hosting company in California.

[edited by: volatilegx at 5:33 pm (utc) on Dec. 14, 2006]
[edit reason] obfuscated ip address [/edit]

[keyplyr]

link checking agent?

[wilderness]

I've had the UA denied since 2004.

[bobothecat]

link checking agent?

Doubtful... the IP shows the standard Apache setup page.

[keyplyr]

I'm aware this agent has been on many (old) ban lists, but since it usually only requests 1 webpage and rarely requests multiple files in same visit, it would seem to only be checking for link validity.

A search for this UA produces a couple other guesses that it is a link checking agent. I have seen it come from various IP addresses assigned to ISPs so the theory that it is a bot from a Cal University doesn't hold up. Still, no concrete evidence either way.

[jdMorgan]

C: Knock-knock.
S: Who's there?
C: I won't tell you. Open the door.
S: What do you want?
C: I won't tell you that, either.
S: 403-Access Denied.

As Don points, out, this is an old UA; One that has never been properly identified, either by its owner/operators, or by others. Not worth the bother to add to a whitelist, IMO.

Jim