Comments on: Hackers, Insults and Error Logs https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/02/21/hackers-error-logs/ Reflections on Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Roy Schestowitz https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/02/21/hackers-error-logs/comment-page-1/#comment-5795 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:35:30 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/02/21/hackers-error-logs/#comment-5795 Yes, I agree with you, Scott. When the zombie attacks began (they shove referrer spam in), I blamed:

* Microsoft (who else?) for making their O/S so easy to hijack

* Search engines for basing their algorithms on links

* ISP’s for harbouring attackers

]]> By: Scott Tobkes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/02/21/hackers-error-logs/comment-page-1/#comment-5793 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:16:24 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/02/21/hackers-error-logs/#comment-5793 …and about that referrer spam…maybe if the link-counting algorithms that search engines use is changed, it would help solve the problem at a more basic level.

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