Snoopy v1.2.3 Source Identified

PHP Class

[incrediBILL]

If you've ever seen Snoopy v1.2.3 it appears to be a PHP class with one version on Source Forge (see the snoopy project) and it's definitely included in Wordpress.

So Snoopy is technically not a spider in itself, but just a library used to access web pages.

[coopster]

Yep, it's a PHP open source class that simulates a web browser. Lots of these classes used to be directly linked from the php.net site. Snoopy, Smarty, etc. I didn't realize they are no longer directly linked. Interesting.

[Hobbs]

You mean like a proxy?
Here's what I found:

"GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 25221 "-" "Snoopy v1.2.3"

Came from 70.85.10.zz
(ThePlanet range 70.84.0.0/14 that I will be blocking)