Search engine eat up my Bandwidth 2GB in one day.

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    5ac4605e.bb.sky.com

    Search engine eat up my Bandwidth 2GB in one day.

    Do any of you know what is this sky.com

    is this a real SE or just a junk site?

    Any help how to limit this SE from eating up all the Band width?

    Thanks
     
    stock_post, Apr 5, 2007 IP
  2. bdude

    bdude Peon

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    That would be a user of Sky Broadband. I'd contact Sky if they're using 2GB/day
     
    bdude, Apr 5, 2007 IP
  3. stock_post

    stock_post Prominent Member

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    Just one visit

    how to contact them to report the issue.

    Even if some one has to copy my directory it should not take that much band width.

    It is only 25 MB for the site may be 30 MB (Total allocated space is 50MB)

    Not sure how they used 2GB in one shot.

    Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks
     
    stock_post, Apr 5, 2007 IP
  4. sweetfunny

    sweetfunny Banned

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    Sounds like they have something against you, and used Wget or similar to repeatedly download your site. I'd just block them.
     
    sweetfunny, Apr 7, 2007 IP
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    imnajam Well-Known Member

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    #5
    You can take the preventive step to block/deny that specific ip address from accessing your site.

    What I feel is that it represent a single user who did this, if you ahve access to your raw log, check it out for further detail, also ask your webhost regarding the leech protection stuff.
     
    imnajam, Apr 10, 2007 IP
  6. east2west

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    Way too much bandwidth! Definately block the ip.
     
    east2west, Apr 10, 2007 IP
  7. addlinkurl

    addlinkurl Well-Known Member

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    #7
    you can block it's bot with your robots.txt
     
    addlinkurl, Apr 10, 2007 IP
  8. apnagopal

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    whts this i am not getting anything how one can use 2gb bandwidth ????????
     
    apnagopal, Apr 13, 2007 IP
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    Block them[in robots.txt] if they do not send you traffic.
     
    noxcel, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  10. grg

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    #10
    One DVD movie and bye bye 2Gb and more ;).


    But seriously - block this ip, do you have any other bandwidth eaters from them?
     
    grg, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  11. Sohan

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    sky.com is a tv service.
     
    Sohan, Apr 13, 2007 IP
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    EGS Notable Member

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    #12
    2GB is nothing!!
     
    EGS, Apr 13, 2007 IP
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    I would definitely block the IP. I block a few that take up too much bandwidth for no good reason.
     
    veridicus, Apr 13, 2007 IP
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    #14
    Sounds like you have a lot of visitors who use Sky Broadband. What amount of bandwidth does BT use?

    Sky isn't a search engine.
     
    mad4, Apr 13, 2007 IP
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    theo-zzzz Notable Member

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    #15
    Or block it in .htaccess
     
    theo-zzzz, Jun 26, 2007 IP
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    #16
    or in robots.txr
     
    virtual_games_ro, Jun 26, 2007 IP
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    Obelia Notable Member

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    #17
    Sometimes you get this, it can be a rogue bot or one that's accidentally been badly programmed. Either way, block it by IP in .htaccess. That's always preferable to robots.txt, because malicious bots will ignore your robots directives.
     
    Obelia, Jun 26, 2007 IP
  18. ChrisChris

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    I guess it doesn't matter where it comes from but I think it's probably best to just block that IP before it happens again ;)
     
    ChrisChris, Jun 26, 2007 IP
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    As others says "Block it" for your peace of mind.
     
    lhaizza, Sep 24, 2007 IP
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    #20
    Just block the ip and modify your robots.txt to deny the robot access.

    The sky site uses google search so no idea why they would be 'spidering' your site...especially at that rate!
     
    r00t, Sep 24, 2007 IP
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