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Originally posted by easyjesus
we as webmasters have to right to do anything and everything we can, to block programs like yours from downloading the contents of our servers...
it was just a few days ago i came across a thread where someone made a program that goes in and downloads images/videos off websites, and then people with this program get free access to it... everyone was outraged at this program, and I dont see much difference in yours....
I am against CP, but im also against anyone or anything that is going to download my site and burn my bandwidth, like your program will do.
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I fully understand your point and i certainly understand that if you wish to put measures in place so that sniffy can't spider your site, you have that right.
If one of your sponsor asks us to validate your site, then we will try to validate it. If we can't because you were clever enough to block sniffy, then we just tell the sponsor we couldn't spider the site, and let them figure out what they want to do.
In this whole thread, understand that yes, sniffy downloads images from your website,and analyzes the images, and the only return that we give to the sponsor is if the site is CP, or can't be accessed.
As far as the "leeching"/ download issue, i am sure that if you check your logs, you will find web surfers going through every page of your site, and by the hundreds and thousands depending on your traffic. some may be linking to your images, bypassing your pages, etc... those are the kind of ppl i would think are more of a concern than sniffy.
-dj