Adrienne Boswell wrote:> I am seeing 192.comAgent in my logs, and have not found any information> on it. Anyone know what this thing does, if I should deny it?
I am seeing secret agents in my dreams. When I awake I don't seem to recall the specifics. I'm starting to think there's something wrong with me. I can't deny it. You shouldn't deny it, the agents that is, on your server not in your <head>. What does this thing do???
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Adrienne Boswell 22 June 2006 08:30:38 [ permanent link ]
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "canadafred" <canadian_web@hotmail.com> writing in news:1150940624.754442.226260@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:
Adrienne Boswell wrote:>> I am seeing 192.comAgent in my logs, and have not found any>> information on it. Anyone know what this thing does, if I should>> deny it? >
I am seeing secret agents in my dreams. When I awake I don't seem to> recall the specifics. I'm starting to think there's something wrong> with me. I can't deny it. You shouldn't deny it, the agents that is,> on your server not in your <head>. What does this thing do???>
That's just it. It doesn't seem to be doing much except requesting pages. I just don't seem to have much confidence in something that does not identify itself. Most bots have a url or email in their UA string to identify themselves, this UA is only 192.comAgent.
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:30:38 +0200, Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's just it. It doesn't seem to be doing much except requesting> pages. I just don't seem to have much confidence in something that does> not identify itself. Most bots have a url or email in their UA string> to identify themselves, this UA is only 192.comAgent.
Adrienne Boswell wrote:> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "canadafred"> <canadian_web@hotmail.com> writing in> news:1150940624.754442.226260@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:>
Adrienne Boswell wrote:> >> I am seeing 192.comAgent in my logs, and have not found any> >> information on it. Anyone know what this thing does, if I should> >> deny it?> >
I am seeing secret agents in my dreams. When I awake I don't seem to> > recall the specifics. I'm starting to think there's something wrong> > with me. I can't deny it. You shouldn't deny it, the agents that is,> > on your server not in your <head>. What does this thing do???> >
That's just it. It doesn't seem to be doing much except requesting> pages. I just don't seem to have much confidence in something that does> not identify itself. Most bots have a url or email in their UA string> to identify themselves, this UA is only 192.comAgent.
Hey Adrienne
Sorry about my sarcasm last night when I wrote up a response to your serious questions. I had just smoked a big quality fatty and was flying around in my <head> a bit. Your concern for the agent is justified but is beyond your control. Yes, you can block it, but you can be perpetually blocking "Internet noise" if you want ( which will never cease scouring web pages in search of whatever it is trying to harvest ).
As long as the agent isn't wasting too much of your bandwidth, costing you money or making for a poor visit for your human traffic, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
In article <Xns97E9DAD065D00arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121>, arbpen@yahoo.com says...> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "canadafred"> <canadian_web@hotmail.com> writing in> news:1150940624.754442.226260@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com: >
Adrienne Boswell wrote:> >> I am seeing 192.comAgent in my logs, and have not found any> >> information on it. Anyone know what this thing does, if I should> >> deny it? > >
I am seeing secret agents in my dreams. When I awake I don't seem to> > recall the specifics. I'm starting to think there's something wrong> > with me. I can't deny it. You shouldn't deny it, the agents that is,> > on your server not in your <head>. What does this thing do???> >
That's just it. It doesn't seem to be doing much except requesting> pages. I just don't seem to have much confidence in something that does> not identify itself. Most bots have a url or email in their UA string> to identify themselves, this UA is only 192.comAgent.
The obvious idea is that it is from http://www.192.com Which appears to be a UK-based search engine (did the IP come from the UK?) And it seems to focus on finding contact information for individual people and businesses.
Maybe try to search on yourself, to see if you are on it.
A year late but 192.com is a British online telephone/address directory much like yellow pages. Not much to worry about. I use it quite a lot to check out possible clients.
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