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 Topic: How to block "bot*" bot via .htaccess |
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Anturis
Joined: 20 Apr 2011
Posts: 7
Location: Turkey
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 Posted: Fri 19 Jun '15 11:35 Post subject: How to block "bot*" bot via .htaccess |
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Hi,
I have the following entry in my Awstats file:
| Code: | | Unknown robot (identified by 'bot*') |
How can I block this bot? I tried the following separately but none of them seems to be catching it:
| Code: | RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^bot*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} bot\*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} bot[*] |
Thanks for any ideas. |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7371
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Mon 22 Jun '15 10:24 Post subject: |
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The awstats doesn't tell you the real name of the bot.
I think that there maybe even isn't the name bot in the user agent string. For that you may review your log files. |
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jimski
Joined: 18 Jan 2014
Posts: 196
Location: USSA
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| Posted: Tue 23 Jun '15 1:44 Post subject: |
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| Another potential way to block an unknown bot it by blocking the IP range that the bot is using. This can be done in Apache through access control or through a Firewall. |
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