Comments on: Bot Blocking

Question: Bot Blocking

brownpau — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:25:40 -0800

The rather rude Popdex bot has been bugging my referrer log every 5-10 minutes. I wish to block it via a "deny from" in my .htaccess, but the source address, http://h69-10-144-111.n-01.net, fails to resolve to an IP. How do I block this rather obnoxious crawler?

By: skallas

skallas — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:36:12 -0800

You can block by USER_AGENT if you can't get the IP. I don't remember the syntax offhand but a few google searches will probably get you on your way.

By: duckstab

duckstab — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:44:16 -0800

Their DNS is broken. The IP is 69.10.144.111.
sean@tau:~$ host popdex.com popdex.com A 69.10.144.111 sean@tau:~$ host 69.10.144.111 Name: h69-10-144-111.n-01.net Address: 69.10.144.111

By: brownpau

brownpau — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:52:04 -0800

Ah, I suspected that prefix might have been it. Thanks, duckstab. I'm now blocking the bot. And not a moment too soon; it just hit me 32 times in 3 minutes.