PHP stops robots

kathy@accessone.com
Mon, 29 Jul 96 08:26:41 PDT


Apparently with access control, PHP can stop robots. Has anyone
used access control to stop robots?

Access Control can be quite confusing initially. The ?config screen is
divided up into a number of sections. The top section is for changing the
password used to make sure that only people who know this password can
change access control characteristics. In a system-wide installation, each
user has his or her own configuration screen with his or her own password.
simple rule-sets. First a default rule-set which just indicates that hits
from all domains should
be logged, and second, for the file /~rasmus/test.html and only that file,
any users coming from a ".edu" domain will not be granted access.

To edit a rule-set modify the fields until the desired configuration is
reached within a rule-set and then hit the "Submit Changes" button. If more
rules are needed, hit the "Add Rule" button and then edit the added rule.

To delete a rule, select the checkbox to the right of the rule and hit
the "Submit Changes" button. The screen will redraw and the rule should
disppear.

Note that you need to enter a regular expression in the pattern field.
See the section on regular expressions in this documentation for more details.