niXXiebot

Takes robots.txt before every page.

[GaryK]

User Agent:
niXXiebot Foster 1.1 (http://www.nixxie.com/display.php?section=Spiders)

IP:
209.59.14.nnn
inetnnnn.inetservices.com

Before it read each page it requested robots.txt. It took 36,000 pages with an average of five large pix per page before my bot blocker kicked in. To its credit it did respect robots.txt and it took pages slowly enough that it didn't trigger any of the usual alarms.

The site claims to be the UKs first contextual advertising company.

[wilderness]

Many thanks Gary.

There are significant portions of the Class C of that particular Class B that are unassigned ranges.

Quite pecuilar for that Class A.

[GaryK]

You're welcome.

Right after I hit submit I found a variation on this user agent that did the same thing: niXXiebot-Foster.

What's peculiar about the unassigned ranges please?

[wilderness]

What's peculiar about the unassigned ranges please?

Just that they are unassigned in the 209 Class A.

16-32 Class C of this Class B unassigned.
48-63 Class C of this Class B unassigned.