SPAM bot and general security question...

CodeHeads ch at code-heads.com
Tue Jan 17 16:25:30 UTC 2006


Jon D. Slater wrote:
> If this question is off topic (or there’s a better place to ask it),
> please let me know…
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> I’m running Apache 2.0.54 under FC4 2.6.14-1.1656.
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> I **think** I’ve successfully java scripted all of my e-mail address
> links to prevent SPAM bots from harvesting them.
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> Question 1:  How do I know?  (Is there some script or test I can run
> that will look for vulnerable e-mail addresses exposed on my web site?)
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> Question 2:  If a .cgi script generates a web page on-the-fly (like many
> packages do), and if that generated page includes an e-mail link to
> support at blahblahblah.com <mailto:support at blahblahblah.com>, is that
> e-mail address also vulnerable?  Or does it have to be in an “.html”
> file to be bot’ed?
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> Thanks!
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> Jon
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Have a contact form. Once the visitor fills out the form it sends you an
email. I believe that is the best way to hide email address.

Correct me if I am wrong tho! :)

~WILL~




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