Overview
TNOThesisCrawler is a research crawler operated by TNO for the DIAMONDS platform.
Its documented user agent is TNOThesisCrawler/1.0 (+https://diamonds.tno.nl/bot-policy; email: support.diamonds@tno.nl). The user agent includes an operator-controlled policy URL and support contact.
Match the exact token and verify the operator URL and contact information before trusting the declared identity. TNO does not currently publish a request-signature verification method for this crawler.
TNOThesisCrawler is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
The crawler is described as collecting publicly available academic theses from university websites for research use.
Identity
- User-Agent
TNOThesisCrawler- Aliases
- TNO Thesis Crawler
- HTTP Agent Examples
TNOThesisCrawler/1.0 (+https://diamonds.tno.nl/bot-policy; email: support.diamonds@tno.nl)- Robots.txt Token
TNOThesisCrawler- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `TNOThesisCrawler` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Academic Research
- Kind
- Academic Research
- Family
- TNO DIAMONDS
- Purpose
- academic-research-crawling
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Collects publicly available academic theses from university websites for the TNO DIAMONDS platform.
- Detection Notes
- The exact user agent includes TNO’s DIAMONDS policy URL and support contact. Treat the user agent as an identity claim and corroborate it with source-network and request-behavior evidence when trust is required.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Medium because the exact user-agent string can be copied; corroborate it with the operator-controlled policy URL, source ownership, and request behavior.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: TNOThesisCrawler Disallow: /