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On May 24, 1:52 am, still me <wheeled...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2007 15:33:21 -0400, Jim Hayter
>
> <see.reply...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>
> >I meant the latter. It is my impression that since some sites publish
> >their logs, there are those who "spam" the logs in order to get their
> >URLs indexed.
>
> Thanks. Quite honestly, I've never understood why those sites publish
> their logs. I can't imagine who cares to see their log files - and
> they just add more noise to web searches.

they are also a boon to hackers - session ids (such as those on admin
urls) and other nasties can often appear in logs, providing another
vector for exploitation.