GIAC Exam GSEC Topic 5 Question 52 Discussion

Actual exam question for GIAC's GSEC exam

Question #: 52
Topic #: 5

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What file instructs programs like Web spiders NOT to search certain areas of a site?

ARobots.txt

BRestricted.txt

CSpider.txt

DSearch.txt

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Suggested Answer: E

by Vi at Aug 07, 2024, 08:19 AM

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Stanford

1 months ago

Robots.txt? More like 'Robot's Tax', am I right? Gotta keep those pesky bots away from your site!

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Shonda

16 days ago

A) Robots.txt

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Cyndy

1 months ago

Robots.txt, no doubt. The name just makes sense, doesn't it? Like, 'Hey robots, don't go there!'

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Mitsue

2 days ago

A) Robots.txt

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Marleen

1 months ago

Search.txt? Really? That's gotta be a trick question. Everyone knows it's Robots.txt!

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Laquita

1 months ago

Hmm, Robots.txt sounds familiar. I think I read about that in a web development tutorial once.

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Dierdre

2 days ago

Yes, Robots.txt is used to block certain areas of a website from being crawled by search engines.

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Leigha

14 days ago

Robots.txt is the correct answer. It tells Web spiders where they can and cannot go.

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Jerry

1 months ago

Robots.txt, of course! That's the classic file for controlling web crawlers. I remember that from my SEO days.

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Makeda

2 months ago

I'm not sure, but it makes sense. I'll go with A) Robots.txt too.

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Lorean

2 months ago

I agree with Virgilio. Robots.txt is used to instruct Web spiders not to search certain areas of a site.

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Virgilio

2 months ago

I think the answer is A) Robots.txt.

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