...That being the case I'd suggest you redirect instead. Depending on which web technology you are using you can track the IP, log it into a DB, then redirect to a useless page or site. I actually did this with the official FBI site in the past. Salute, Mark Technical Evangelist for DiscountASP.NET http://www.iis7test.com/webcasts/ http://weblogs.asp.net/markwisecarver/ http://blogs.windowsclient.net/wisecarver/default.aspx (Microsoft IT Usability http://msitusability.multiply.com/)
. . .Note: I believe we covered this via personal Emails. For all who are curious these two sites can be searched for the Code needed: stackoverflow.com/search?q=block+IP www.dotnetkicks.com/search?q=block+IP&page=1 Salute, Mark Technical Evangelist for DiscountASP.NET http://www.iis7test.com/webcasts/ http://weblogs.asp.net/markwisecarver/ http://blogs.windowsclient.net/wisecarver/default.aspx (Microsoft IT Usability http://msitusability.multiply.com/)
if you know their ip, we can block it with an IIS setting. Note that it is rather useless to block IP because anyone can use a anonymizer to view your site. Bruce DiscountASP.NET www.DiscountASP.NET
...Agreed, that is what I told him in the last personal Email. Not much we can do about it whille the outdated stateless Internet exists. Technical Evangelist for DiscountASP.NET http://www.iis7test.com/webcasts/ http://weblogs.asp.net/markwisecarver/ http://blogs.windowsclient.net/wisecarver/default.aspx