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[cobalt-users] [RAQ3] Apache User-Agent blocking for all sites



I'm fed up with a number of bots and various user-agents slamming one of our servers, and I have a REAL problem with one particular bot using ANY of our resources at all, so I've taken the decision to block the access to ALL virtual sites at once - I figured that the best way to do this is either by altering the httpd.conf or access.conf - someone with a little more apache knowledge than me scan this and advise if this is the right/best way to ban access in access.conf:

SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailSiphon" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailWolf" bad_bot

<Directory "/home/sites/*/">
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
        Deny from env=bad_bot
</Directory>



tia

Greg Hewitt-Long
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