Got a hit to robots.txt and my landing page today from 91.14.6.251 (dip0.t-ipconnect.de - Deutsche Telekom). User Agent was:
VsuSearchSpider/1.0
When I hit the IP with my browser, I get a redirection to:
https:// www.vsudyndns.net/vsuportal/
SumGuy
1:28 pm on Feb 20, 2024 (gmt 0)
Today another hit from the VSU search spider. IP was 87.153.96.57. Another Deutsche Telekom IP address. Asked for robots, then my default page. No referrer.
I'm not blocking the previous IP (91.14.6.251). I wonder why they're jumping around (IP-wise).
I see I posted here about this same UA last year (March I think). Can't find much on the web about it.
dstiles
9:41 am on Feb 22, 2024 (gmt 0)
If it's a dynamic (broadband) IP it CAN change every time the computer shuts down, like overnight.
SumGuy
4:01 am on Feb 23, 2024 (gmt 0)
My (Canadian) experience over the past 20 years is that your broad-band IP rarely changes. It takes some major service outages to kick my cable modem into getting a new/different IP. My home service can easily go a year or two without the IP changing. I have no idea what the situation is in the US or Europe in that regard, but it certainly makes ISP IP-logging for regulatory / compliance purposes easier when your home IP is pretty much static for extended periods.
