Blocking Recursive downloads (wget)
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Welp, i'm relatively new to linux, and i just got apache installed and running for my website. I'm wondering if there's a way to blovk recursive downloading. I've blocked wget, but it's nto working...people are changing the user-agent variable and spoofing it as Ie 6.0 does anyone know a way to prevent recursive downloading altogether? thanks :) *.* cin >> knowledge;
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Welp, i'm relatively new to linux, and i just got apache installed and running for my website. I'm wondering if there's a way to blovk recursive downloading. I've blocked wget, but it's nto working...people are changing the user-agent variable and spoofing it as Ie 6.0 does anyone know a way to prevent recursive downloading altogether? thanks :) *.* cin >> knowledge;
Generally... no. If a normal web browser can see it, a site mirroring tool such as
wget --recursivecan see it too. You could always try mod_throttle for Apache to set limits on how quickly the site can be mirrored, but a persistant user will still always be able to get through. - Mike -
Generally... no. If a normal web browser can see it, a site mirroring tool such as
wget --recursivecan see it too. You could always try mod_throttle for Apache to set limits on how quickly the site can be mirrored, but a persistant user will still always be able to get through. - Mikeyeah, i was thinking about using mod_throttle, but unfortonately, there's a bandwidth cap on my server (i live in a dorm room, people on campus get great speeds, but anywhere off campus...slowness) so it would be hard to gague what the timeouts should be. :-/ *.* cin >> knowledge;