Well technically the bot would be the one making the request, your just telling it to make it; no connection would in fact be made between your server and the one you are redirecting it to.
The issue is simple in legal terms; your telling them what to do in response to there actions, now do they have the legal right to try to exploit your server? Not usually, so I personally believe that under the law your server would only be guilty of trying to defend itself from a unprovoked attack, but then again I am a computer nerd not a lawyer so I’m not a expert on the law. Interesting thought, however, as the idea that a computer can defend itself leads to all sorts of interesting ideas no doubt full of blasphemy, libel and slander against more then a few core human conceptions.. but alas that is a different topic, and not meant for this thread. -D On 8 Jun 2004 at 1:00, Robert Cates wrote: > You have an interesting point (worry), but one of my rules in life is that > if I can prove my innocence, I really don't worry much. I would hate to > have to go through the hassle though. 8-) > > I don't know if the RedirectMatch would trace back to my server/IP, or to > the original requester. Can anybody answer that, with absolute sureness? > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dena Whitebirch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: SEARCH attack > > > > > > I was getting pounded by these too and am wondering though if it worried > > anyone else that we might be considered to be attacking Microsoft by > > doing this rewrite? Might there be a similar way to just 'stop' them like > > sending them to /dev/null or something? > > > > > > http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:RA7huHM9tEoJ:forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php%3Ft%3D22371+%22SEARCH+/%5Cx90%5Cx02&hl=en > > > > Regards, > > > > Dena A. Whitebirch > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
