Glossary
Know your customer (KYC)
Checks a provider makes on a customer before enabling access.
In proxy services it screens out clearly abusive use. Ask any vendor what it asks, what it refuses and what happens after a report.
Further reading: Our customer vetting.
Related terms
- robots.txt
A file at a site's root stating which paths automated clients should not fetch.
Test it on your own targets.
Create an account, run the measurement harness against your real workload, and read the numbers before you commit to anything.