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numero = 111298
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texte = So here=92s a weird situation. I have a website in the replacement parts business that has extensive = cross reference info on it. It requires a full time employee to maintain = the data. A lot of competitors, trying to save a buck, prefer to copy = our data rather then do the research themselves. So I developed code = that counts the number of page views and after a point cuts off access = to the site. As part of an effort to both amuse myself and be =93helpful=94= to competitors that send automated spiders to steal the website, when = the cutoff happens I start feeding bogus data as =93valid=94 pages to = them. :) This all happens as part of an include file at the top of = every page that logs, counts, and issues the redirect to the bogus URL = if needed.=20 So here=92s my next challenge: I don=92t want to redirect the bad = visitors. The redirect is noticeable, and the new URL gives away that = it=92s fake data. I want to (via an include file) build up a page of = fake data on the URL they requested, and END all further processing on = the page of the legitimate stuff that would happen below the include. = Building a hideif would be troublesome due to the complexity of the code = on all the pages that this would have to happen on.=20 Thoughts? suggestions?=20 Thanks! Brian=
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So here=92s a weird situation. I have a website in the replacement parts business that has extensive = cross reference info on it. It requires a full time employee to maintain = the data. A lot of competitors, trying to save a buck, prefer to copy = our data rather then do the research themselves. So I developed code = that counts the number of page views and after a point cuts off access = to the site. As part of an effort to both amuse myself and be =93helpful=94= to competitors that send automated spiders to steal the website, when = the cutoff happens I start feeding bogus data as =93valid=94 pages to = them. :) This all happens as part of an include file at the top of = every page that logs, counts, and issues the redirect to the bogus URL = if needed.=20 So here=92s my next challenge: I don=92t want to redirect the bad = visitors. The redirect is noticeable, and the new URL gives away that = it=92s fake data. I want to (via an include file) build up a page of = fake data on the URL they requested, and END all further processing on = the page of the legitimate stuff that would happen below the include. = Building a hideif would be troublesome due to the complexity of the code = on all the pages that this would have to happen on.=20 Thoughts? suggestions?=20 Thanks! Brian=
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