Mitchell Krog

You can see a log file from the last build here which tests on 2.2 and 2.4 including testing different aspects of the blocker https://travis-ci.org/github/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/builds/774513497 Travis CI - Test and...

The blocker does work and is tested across 2.2 up to 2.4.23 - see the build log and tests for yourself https://travis-ci.org/github/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker If you mess up your Apache 2.4 permission...

Start off by comparing your apache2.conf with the version used in tests - https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/.dev-tools/_test_results/_conf_files_2.4/apache2.conf Specifically these blocks https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/.dev-tools/_test_results/_conf_files_2.4/apache2.conf#L159-L180 GitHubmitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blockerApache Block Bad Bots, (Referer) Spam Referrer Blocker, Vulnerability Scanners, Malware, Adware,...

Then also make sure your vhost config follows the same configuration for its main directory block https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/.dev-tools/_test_results/_conf_files_2.4/testsite.conf GitHubmitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blockerApache Block Bad Bots, (Referer) Spam Referrer Blocker, Vulnerability Scanners, Malware, Adware, Ransomware,...

Hi @yakusha thanks for your feedback on this. I think a word boundary regex will work better. Can you try this for me and let me know how it works?...

@yakusha please have a look at this issue > https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/issues/50 we think better / correct naming of the bots is the best way forward to catch them and will lead...

Thanks for reporting @Mojeek some user agents originally came in from other lists at the starting point of the project. If robots.txt is obeyed and the spider is not aggressive...

@ricardoscotia please send a PR on this file > https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/_generator_lists/bad-user-agents.list

Sorry for late reply @BerndHelber thanks for this. 👍 Been so busy bringing all the Travis CI generator scripts online that I have not even had time to look at...

Hi @magicdude4eva thanks for the feedback. Some feature changes in progress will allow you to whitelist bots that are listed in the bad bots section and over-ride them. As per...