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Originally Posted by NeuroLancer

I dont know what else to call it, someone or something in hong kong just visited many many times as 100 guests on my site all in the space of 2 mintues, kinda like they were sniffing around looking for a way in (where they should not be)......

Database has just been backed up.

Its sticks out because I know when a spider comes along, it has a specific behaviour... it doesnt just hit everything all at once, it moves around page to page one at a time... This thing whatever it was was very different.

My site is in development and does not quite get this many non spider hits in a day, let alone 2 minutes. Can anyone tell me if this is expected or unexpected behaviour for a very small forum to have in the usual day to day operations?

Next time you notice something like that, go to the Who'd Online page and do an IDENT display. (User Agent in the drop down box). Set it to yes, and display. The INDENTs will tell you if they are Spiders.

What happened to you could very well have been Spiders. I have that happen quite often. Not 100, but quite a few from the same place hitting all at the same time.