But then again ..... Jay doesn´t make mistakes ... Do you, Jay ??? Are you man enough to admit that the error is yours ?
In fact the fault is mine. After careful investigation, the source of the leakage is one hyperlink that appeared on a page that was mistakenly uploaded to the site. That caused Google to index the entire sequence of pages.
I apologize if you believed I was accusing you of wrongdoing. It was clear from your post that you were drawing attention to something you innocently believed was, or should have been, common knowledge. My comment about the cat being let out of the bag was in reference to well-intentioned efforts to contain the consequences of publishing the link. It is fundamentally impossible to unpublish something.
I am aware of the proper techniques for establishing HTTP authentication domains to restrict access, but unfortunately the hosting agency for Clavius requires an audit in that circumstance, which I had hoped to avoid. I am also aware of the means for denying access to web crawlers, but a simpler (though obviously less effective) means is not to hyperlink to the pages that should not be indexed. Merely placing a page in view of the web server does not allow web crawlers to see it. The Bad Astronomer is correct; and I should have learned from his experience.
But I am somewhat surprised by your hostile tone. I would have appreciated being asked privately, or even publicly, about the intent of my statements before having my integrity and goodwill called into question. I would have more quickly absolved you of any accusation, even before determining how you were able to see the material.
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