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tortus32

2005-02-17 11:10 AM

Bad bot blocking?

Does anyone know how to block bad bots?

Thanks,

Bill

swedguy

2005-02-17 11:20 AM

By IP or coming from a certain domain?

tortus32

2005-02-17 11:26 AM

Agent name.

I found this agent name as one of the latest visitors: EirGrabber
So I did a google search for "EirGrabber" and it turns out it's a bad bot.
Is that right?

Now when I go and check my latest visitor stats, I can't find it anymore.

Bill

swedguy

2005-02-17 12:09 PM

Put this in your .htaccess. Notice that there's no OR in the last RewriteCond

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*eirgrabber [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*another_bad_bot [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*third_bad_bot [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

But I wouldn't really sweat over it :)

tortus32

2005-02-17 12:42 PM

Thanks!

Bill

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