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hi all,<br><br>I am designing a website service.<br><br>how do i prevent automated bots and link scrapers and cross-site scripts from access to the site, without hindering the user experience, as well as hindering the performance of the host/server/site?<br><br>My site is not graphic intensive, and I do not think anyone would be interest at grabbing anything that is graphical, only Information/Data.<br><br>I have thought of banning ip's by parsing log files, but what should I look for that is 'fishy'?<br><br>Thanks in advance for all advice/help.<br><br>Regards,<br>Jeremy<br><br><br /><hr />Windows Live Messenger. <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/messenger.aspx' target='_new'>Multitasking at its finest.</a></body>
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