absurd number of session files?

[jxm28788]

I have just logged on to my server using FTP, and I seem to have (a lot) more session files than usual. On further inspection, most of them seem to be from the same IP address...

I got 16 sessions from the IP address 130.228.219.42 between 12:01 and 12:02, and then 13 more from the same IP at 13:05, then another 6 between 14:38 and 14:39.

Does this signify something? Is it as user having problems? a spider or other automated utility? a proxy server with a lot of dieters behind it? a new 'low carb' internet cafe that has made my site the default...? 8)

Apart from the IP address, is there any other useful info I can get from the session name?

Is there anyway to tell if they are still active?

[rmladden]

I'll just guess that someone had cookies disabled but still tried to add to cart lots of times. I have not tested this theory.

[jxm28788]

they must be pretty desperate to buy, they tried again at 04:04 this morning...

[Mike Hughes]

It's strange but a reverse DNS lookup on the IP addresses doesn't come up an assigned owner and it looks as if they're still assigned to the RIPE Network Co-ordination Centre.

At a guess, I'd have to say that it doesn't look like a real customer having problems. More like somebody 'playing' around.

Mike