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UNIX03/Install WPoison

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Install Wpoison and place it in a location accessable to the web from /email/. The script itself should go in /home/services/offense/wpoison/.

Properly configure robots.txt to prevent good bots from accessing it.

Test it out and verify that it works.

As alternatives to Wpoison, you may wish to consider the following links:

http://www.kloth.net/internet/bottrap
http://www.evolt.org/article/rating/18/15126/
http://www.neilgunton.com/spambot_trap/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum13/687-4-25.htm

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