Re: What should I redirect a Java .class file to ?

Thanks for the URL's. I'll just render the suckers 'immortal' with a
magic refresh_pattern. That way, if they aren't in the cache they get
loaded. Once they are loaded they are there to stay. No ifs ands ors or
buts. They stick in the cache until they get pushed out the back.

D

Armistead, Jason wrote:
>
> Ok,
>
> Here's the scenario
>
> There are a whole lot of sites starting to use page tracker URLs/applets to
> monitor and report on what a user follows around a particular site. This
> includes (in Australia) Trading Post and NineMsn.
>
> With the following URL formats
>
> GET
> http://webmeasure.msn.aus.com/cgi-bin/count?http://ninemsn.com.au/default.as
> p (some sort of counter)
>
> or
>
> GET http://webmeasure.msn.aus.com:8888/webmeasure/applets/PageGather.class
> (Java tracker)
>
> or
>
> GET
> http://server-au.sofresimr.com:8888/cgi-bin/count?http://yellowpages.com.au/
> yp/sguide/yp_shopguide.html (single pixel GIF)
>
> You can see how bandwidth wasting all this stuff becomes after a while.
>
> The URLs just get either a single pixel GIF (so no actual noticeable
> artifacts on the page) or
>
> I don't want to discount Java altogether, just filter out these
> links-followed-survey ones. Can anyone suggest what a good "harmless" Java
> <APPLET> replacement might look like. A blank file comes to mind...
>
> Any ideas appreciated
>
> Jason

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