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Spambots recognising my honeypot

Author: M.Smith5 (12 Dec 04 6:30am)

Hi there,

I've noticed that my honey-pot links all point to a CGI file on my webspace. Is this name randomly generated or is it the same on everyone's website?

Re: Spambots recognising my honeypot

Author: M.Prince (12 Dec 04 3:45pm)

The name of the CGI or PHP file is randomly generated, or, when you create the honey pot, you can choose it yourself. As a result, it is unlikely that spiders will be able to recognize honey pots based on the links to them.