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  • Foxx.
    New Member
    • Oct 2010
    • 25
    • 4.0.x

    [Forum] bots seeing into a closed forum

    I am currently running:

    vB:4.2.2PL4
    Apache Version 2.2.26
    PHP Version 5.3.28
    MySQL Version 5.5.34-cll-lve

    my site is private, meaning you can only view threads if you are registered. registration is manually done by me, so no automatic registrations.

    my question centers around the bots that are stopped (for the most part) by the permissions settings. what I would like to know is how the hell they can see the titles of threads and other such things if they do not have registered member status where are they deriving said information from? yes they are seeing the stop sign but... they should not even know a thread title.

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  • Mark.B
    vBulletin Support
    • Feb 2004
    • 24288
    • 6.0.X

    #2
    Most likely picking it up from the archive link in the footer.
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