: Bad Bot blocking Revisited I've read a lot about bad bot blocking, php scripts, .htaccess techniques, etc... Is this a valid method? Since .htacces can rewrite and send a bad bot a 403 deny

@Tiffany637

What you suggest (use a bot trap to trap the bad bod, and then block it using .htaccess or your favourite scripting language) is indeed a much-used technique for dealing with robots from the dark side.

You may want to look at another thread here about this particular technique: Tactics for dealing with misbehaving robots

If you're looking for sample code that tells you how to implement it, just Google for "bot trap". Here is just one such page: www.kloth.net/internet/bottrap.php that I found very instructive.

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@Jessie594

If the bots aren't changing IP's often why let them hit your server and take up usage? I would ban the IPs's first in hosts.deny / ipchains then use .htaccess and robots.txt as back up

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@Kristi941

I've recommended similar tactics before.

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