What is InternetMeasurement?

InternetMeasurement is a bot operated by Driftnet that scans and measures publicly exposed services on networks to provide network administrators with an external view of their infrastructure. The bot is used for internet measurement and discovery purposes, and does not perform site crawling, login attempts, or send spam. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Overview

Operated By Driftnet
Source Official Website
Expected To Follow Robots.txt Yes
Insights Last Updated August 11, 2026

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Category

Security Scanner
Scans websites for security vulnerabilities, threats, and configuration weaknesses

Expected Behavior

InternetMeasurement's cadence depends on who directed it to your site. Continuous monitoring may run daily or hourly, while a one-time assessment typically sweeps once and disappears.

InternetMeasurement's User Agent

User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; InternetMeasurement/1.0; +https://internet-measurement.com/)

How To Block InternetMeasurement With Robots.txt

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block InternetMeasurement from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all security scanners at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.

User-agent: InternetMeasurement # https://knownagents.com/agents/internetmeasurement
Disallow: /

Global Statistics for InternetMeasurement

As of August 11, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.

Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

0%
0% of top websites are blocking InternetMeasurement
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Country of Origin

United Kingdom
InternetMeasurement normally visits From the United Kingdom

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

0% of top websites block InternetMeasurement in their robots.txt files.

Overall Security Scanner Traffic

0.0% of all web traffic came from security scanners.

Top Visited Website Categories

Games
Books and Literature
Computers and Electronics
Arts and Entertainment
Jobs and Education

The types of websites most frequently visited by InternetMeasurement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block InternetMeasurement?

Usually not, unless you already run your own security scans and want cleaner logs. InternetMeasurement checks for exposed vulnerabilities, and some services report their findings to site owners at no cost. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for InternetMeasurement.


Does InternetMeasurement Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Yes. InternetMeasurement is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether InternetMeasurement respects it.


Does InternetMeasurement Access Private Content?

It deliberately looks for exposed private content. InternetMeasurement tests login pages, admin panels, and API endpoints for vulnerabilities. Probing does not mean it gained access, but you should expect requests to sensitive paths in your logs.


Why Is InternetMeasurement Visiting My Website?

InternetMeasurement is scanning your site for vulnerabilities, either as part of an internet-wide sweep or because someone requested an assessment of your domain. Recurring visits often indicate that a monitoring service has added your site to its checks.


How Can I Tell if InternetMeasurement Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks InternetMeasurement visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "InternetMeasurement". Look for bursts of requests to uncommon paths that ordinary visitors rarely access. Because InternetMeasurement does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.