• ShitpostCentral@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re second point is a good one, but you absolutely can log the IP which requested robots.txt. That’s just a standard part of any http server ever, no JavaScript needed.

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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      9 months ago

      You’d probably have to go out of your way to avoid logging this. I’ve always seen such logs enabled by default when setting up web servers.