Robot Swarm Update
Charles Johnson
Wed Oct 12, 2005 at 5:07 pm PDT • Views: 337
To smash the robot uprising I noted last night, I used sheer brute force. An unrestrained, gratuitous exercise of barbaric power.
I used an .htaccess file.
Here are the magic directives that I invoked, in case any of our readers with web sites are experiencing similar infestations, and need to get out the hammer.
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer “.*(.get.to|.dive.to| .move.to|.go.to|.hey.to| .drop.to|.switch.to|.come.to)” badbot
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer “.*(adipex|phentermine|hydrocodone).*” badbot
order deny,allow
deny from env=badbot
I could probably add the names of a few other pharmaceuticals to the list in the second line.
UPDATE at 10/12/05 5:21:38 pm:
(Note: I added a few extra spaces in the first line to keep it from expanding our middle column.)
Frank says: