Re: External link checks

[Isac Balder <piis8 () YAHOO COM>]

Matthew,

Most of the tools that I am immediately aware of are
components within large suites such as app scanners or
content management systems, both are probably overkill
and a tad expensive.


A quick google shows some items of promise.

There is the W3c link checker, this may not be as
automated as you might perfer.
http://validator.w3.org/checklink

This one looks kinda nice, hosted out of France
http://www.dead-links.com/

There is also another sourceforge project,
http://linkchecker.sourceforge.net/



I.B.

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> Jenkins, Matthew
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:27 PM
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> Subject: [SECURITY] External link checks
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> Does anyone know of a tool that would scan a website
> for external links, and
> then check each of those links to a specified depth
> for specific content?
>
>
>
> Example use:  Someone has a weblink on the
> organization's website.  The page
> the weblink points at is compromised and malware,
> inappropriate content,
> etc. are placed on the site.  If there was a tool to
> scan the external links
> to check content, this would be caught and an
> administrator noticed so the
> link could be removed from the organization's
> website.
>
>
>
> Thanks all,
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> Matthew Jenkins
> Network/Server Administrator
> Fairmont State University
> Visit us online at  <http://www.fairmontstate.edu/>
> www.fairmontstate.edu



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