I just wrote up an article on this subject at my blog here: http://www.thiscanada.com/2005/10/04/keep-out-bots/
If the Moderator(s) feel that it is worthy of full-text inclusion in the Joomla! FAQ forum, go right ahead. Also, any critiques would be appreciated as it works for me in a home-server installation. Other mileage may vary, etc.
Although I have posted the article on a WordPress blog (shame, shame, resign) I will also be putting it on my new site at http://www.thistechnology.com which is a new Joomla! site replacing my old *ambo 4.5x site. Unfortunately, I am just developing content on this site, so ThisCanada.com was a better selection for now. Abject apologies.
FAQ: How to Keep Out Evil Bots
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FAQ: How to Keep Out Evil Bots
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Re: FAQ: How to Keep Out Evil Bots
Thanks for posting this. Quite helpful if you run your own web server. Any advice for those of us using hosted servers?
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Re: FAQ: How to Keep Out Evil Bots
Very kind. As to hosted sites, I've had good luck searching through the Security and whatnot forums at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/.
On the other hand, a lot of the steps described in the article are still applicable to a hosted environment if you have mod_rewrite available, i.e., use an .htaccess file with the "keep-out" payload in each document root directory; just one if you have one site.
On the other hand, a lot of the steps described in the article are still applicable to a hosted environment if you have mod_rewrite available, i.e., use an .htaccess file with the "keep-out" payload in each document root directory; just one if you have one site.
