> What is really needed is a logical, well-designed information
> infrastructure for the global Internet and for the Web
> specifically. Until this happens, we can code around problems
> until our fingers fall off and none of it will mean squat.
lists like this one, usenet, perform these purposes. look at how usenet
administers lists -- admins voluntarily subscribe to some control in order
to save their spools. that's very restrictive, but publishing a BADBOT
list in machine readable form could provide a lookup table for you to go to
at points in your server code where you're beginning to suspect a badbot.
-john