News from 2026-10-22
IETF drafts propose a common IP-range format and crawler best practices
In short
22 October 2026: IETF drafts propose a common IP-range format and crawler best practices. New webbotauth-related drafts include draft-illyes-webbotauth-jafar-01, a JSON format for publishing IP ranges of automated clients, and draft-illyes-webbotauth-cbcp-01 on crawler best practices, alongside the SAIL source address identity list draft. No Index row or vendor profile is tied to it; read the source before changing any rule.
New webbotauth-related drafts include draft-illyes-webbotauth-jafar-01, a JSON format for publishing IP ranges of automated clients, and draft-illyes-webbotauth-cbcp-01 on crawler best practices, alongside the SAIL source address identity list draft.
Primary source datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/documents/, read 2026-11-04.
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Last reviewed 2026-11-04