scripts	Introduction to writing spiders and agents	hackingsecurity

Session Goals:
1.	Provide basic background information
		A brief introduction to client/server protocols
		Ideas for potential web agents and spiders
		Descriptions of methods for downloading pages
		Tips on parsing data
		Suggestions for writing fault-tolerant code
		Hints for what to do with data
3.	Convince you that writing these programs is a useful activity
4.	Give you ideas and abilities to write useful spiders or web agents of your own design.