Re: User connected for long periods ... any ideas?

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Cheers,
Mike


>From: "Timothy G. Embler" <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>
>To: "Mike Kear" <choicemag(at)hotmail.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>Subject: Re: User connected for long periods ... any ideas?
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:03:11 -0800
>
>can you give me a url for Media House Live Stats v5.0?  I did a couple of
>quick searches on it and came up w/ nothing.  I am not farmillar with it.
>It sounds kinda odd he is there every day for so long on just the main 
>page.
>Has his IP addy ever changed?
>
>Tim
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Kear" <choicemag(at)hotmail.com>
>To: <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 12:07 PM
>Subject: Re: User connected for long periods ... any ideas?
>
>
> >
> > It's Media House Live Stats v5.0
> >
> > And right now, the package says this about that particular user:
> >
> > <ip address>  NET: <name of his host computer>  RDNS: n/a
> > Origin:   Sao Tome    Time:   641 min   Hits / Kb:    412 / 6298.53Kb
> >
> >
> > So, for now he's been attached in a session for 641minutes, he's hit the
> > page 412 times, and downloaded 6.2MB.
> >
> > A "session" expires after fifteen minutes of inactivity, meaning no hits
> > have been made on the Web site for 15 minutes.
> >
> > So why would one computer want to keep hitting our site  hour after hour
>on
> > the same page?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike Kear
> > AFP Web Development
> > Windsor, NSW, Australia
> > http://www.afp.zip.com.au
> >
> >
> > >From: "Timothy G. Embler" <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>
> > >To: "Mike Kear" <choicemag(at)hotmail.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> > >Subject: Re: User connected for long periods ... any ideas?
> > >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 19:53:52 -0800
> > >
> > >What stat software are you using?  I dont know of any that shows how 
>long
> > >someone has an http connection to a certain page...
> > >
> > >Tim
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Mike Kear" <choicemag(at)hotmail.com>
> > >To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:37 AM
> > >Subject: User connected for long periods ... any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > > You people are pretty knowledgeable about e-commerce sites, so 
>perhaps
> > >you
> > > > can give me some ideas here .....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My usage stats tell me I have a user who comes to my site every day
>and
> > > > stays connected for long periods.  Usually 8-9 hours (once it was 14
> > >hours).
> > > >   It's not in the pay part of the site, just the default.htm home
>page,
> > >and
> > > > I'm not sure I can find a rational explanation for it at the moment.
> > > >
> > > > The user is in Africa, and the site (www.choice.com.au) is directed 
>at
> > > > Australians, being an Australian Consumer Rights organisation.
>There's
> > >no
> > > > apparent attack or attempt at hacking into the pay areas of the 
>site,
> > >and
> > > > the user doesn't go to other pages - just the main home page.   I
>really
> > > > can't see what is happening here.
> > > >
> > > > I don't want to put a block on this user's ip address unless I can 
>see
> > > > there's something underhanded going on.
> > > >
> > > > And in any case, how can it be that this user shows as being 
>connected
> > >all
> > > > that time?  How come it doesnt time out?
> > > >
> > > > Anyone got any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mike Kear
> > > > AFP Web Development
> > > > Windsor, NSW, Australia
> > > > http://www.afp.zip.com.au
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