Re: DOS From "inktomi.com"?

["Robert G. Ferrell" <root () rgfsparc cr usgs gov>]

>  We've just had one of our web servers pummeled into the ground by repeated
> cgi requests from what appears to be a web-crawler from "inktomi.com".  Has
> anybody else experienced this?  Is it some kind of malicious web Denial of
> Service attack or just a poorly constructed web crawler?

I get hit by Inktomi crawlers every day, but they've never had any deleterious
effect on performance or done anything overtly rude, AFAICT.

RGF

Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
Information Systems Security Officer
National Business Center
US Dept. of the Interior
Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov
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