| htaccess Banning by Browser Type [message #861] |
Sun, 27 January 2008 13:18  |
 Apparelyzed
Messages: 2
Registered: January 2008 |
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Hi all,
I'm new to htaccess, so was hoping someone can advise me how to do the following.
Someone is sending spam through a free service I offer, this service is contained in it's own directory.
Looking at the logs, I have found a common identier which is consistant when this person/bot posts the spam. Unfortunatly, the IP number changes with each post. The following is from my logs:
"-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6"
The bit which is consistant, is: Gecko/20070725
Is there a way in htaccess to ban any user showing this information, from accessing a specific area?
Can I then place this htaccess file in the directory containing the service affected, as I don't want to ban this browser site wide in case genuine users are affected.
Many thanks
Simon.
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| Re: htaccess Banning by Browser Type [message #863 is a reply to message #861 ] |
Mon, 28 January 2008 00:39  |
RogerRogerson
Messages: 8
Registered: January 2008 |
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I'm not 100% sure, but that looks liek a Mozilla Firefox 2.+ build browser... if you block that, you may block quite a few people.
Can you tell if it's a person or a bot/script?
If a bot, you may be able to block that.
Again, if it's a bot and the problem is a form, you may get away with simply adding a radio option... Are you a)Human b)Bot.. verify the response, and go from there (or employ a checkbox only etc.).
Blocking a user-agent just strikes me as risky.
(of course, I'm not exactly an htaccess genius, so I could be wrong.)
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| Re: htaccess Banning by Browser Type [message #870 is a reply to message #863 ] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 17:28 |
Apparelyzed
Messages: 2
Registered: January 2008 |
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Hi,
Unfortunatly, the above is all that's showing in my logs.
Is it possible to put:
"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6"
exactly into an htaccess file to block everyone who matches that referal information only?
The area doesn't get too many visitors, could I put the htaccess file just in the specific directory affected?
Thanks
Simon
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| Re: htaccess Banning by Browser Type [message #871 is a reply to message #870 ] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 18:12 |
RogerRogerson
Messages: 8
Registered: January 2008 |
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If you look up on thigns like Google, using the terms
" htaccess block by user agent "
You will get a few results with examples and explanations.
As to blockign of a particular Dir.... yes, you should beable to put it in the Dr. and it will only work from there down (or put it in the main route and include a path to the specified Dir.).
hope that helps.
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