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- detritus0
Basically - it's as I thought -
Aside from server hack, bruteforce guesswork or inadvertent link publication, there's no practical way for a non-publicised web directory to become visible to the Greater Internet.
- if you don't use text in a page within, it will be very hard to find.Corvo2
- Even if it did have text - how could it be found?detritus
- Google's bruteforcer is epicjimbojones
- yep Google can find it. but will stay out with robots.txt file and not list itShaney
- Corvo20
maybe a re-dir within that folder to another folder probably wouldn't get bot'd in email or im.
- ukit0
Why would you need to resort to something like /skjdgfjhsghfjdgsk?
Just create a password protected area of your site if need be.
- His clients tend to forget passwords, he remembered to add.Corvo2
- It's an example? Obviously I sue something the client would remember?detritus
- This assumes there is someone rooting around your site, which is not all that likely, just name the folder anything.ukit
- Nevermind;)ukit
- My thoughts exactly.detritus
- haha, we're playing ketchup tennis here :)detritus
- Corvo20
I did a site once for the Deep Amnesiacs European Association. None of the associates remembered to visit it. Nor pay me.
- detritus0
Aye, I figured a brute force attack would be the only other route - but that'd ping up like Hiroshima in webstats.
- drgss0
given enough time it is possible, by trying all possible letter combinations with a script
thats one of the ways spammers gather email addresses
short email addresses of length up to 4-5 characters are very popular, and are the first to be covered
- mikotondria30
clients do tend to forget passwords, true - I usually say 'tough - if this project is important to you, write down the f'n password'.
Other times I have sniffed their ip and put an include etc in place that only allows their and my ip to access the work...- Not a bad idea.detritus
- Really though - I was just curious about my assumptions in the first place.detritus
- I've often wondered exactly what you posted, tbh - good thread.mikotondria3
- detritus0
forgetit.
- Shaney0
block the folder in a robots .txt file, Google does obey them
http://www.robotstxt.org/robotst…& password protect the directory as siad earlier
- clients tend to forget what?jimbojones
- passwords!jimbojones
- yep, trueShaney
- Jnr_Madison0
Google found the dugard girl.
- lukus_W0
put a password protect on the folders... use simple htaccess/htpasswd based authentication .. it'll stop the bots in their tracks - and provide a very minimal level of security to keep out others...
- lukus_W0
put a password protect on the folders... use simple htaccess/htpasswd based authentication .. it'll stop the bots in their tracks - and provide a very minimal level of security to keep out others...
- Salarrue0
I think numbers are not indexable neither right? like www.30974764.net
our www.yourwebsite.com/09460964
- detritus0
Sorry, just to be clear - there are no links to the content. It's unadvertised, and sent via IM/Email, so there could be no bot/spider/scouring
- but there are internal links between images and the index file?bolus
- sent via Gmail?jimbojones
- hahabolus
- those links aren't advertised to google though, bolus. Nice thinking, JimboJones, but no :)detritus
- jimbojones0
try it, already indexed:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%2Fskjdgfjh…
- skt0
bots ingnoring your nofollow?
- detritus0
basically - I keep complex name folders for client previews, as clients tend to forget passwords and .. well, fuckit - my stuff isn't Top Secret and it's just easier.
Today in my stats though, I noticed an unexpected access - checked with client and they couldn't think of any reason for the access (it was from abroad, see?).
It's not important - I was just wondering.
- i_monk0
Found it!
You're one sick puppy.
- bolus0
I mean if you want to take no risks.... say I create http://www.janpostma.com/skjdgfj…
I wouldn't be surprised if at some point that directory would show up when searching for "janpostma.com"
- brandelec0
what are you hiding?