Re: fail2ban for apache2
Hello,
On Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 08:43:25AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I've done that with the help of a previous responder and now have 99% of
> the pigs that ignore my robots.txt blocked. semrush is extremely
> determined and has switched to a 4th address I've not seen before, but
> is no longer DDOSing my site.
You've repeatedly been advised to block these bots in Apache by
their UserAgent. Have you tried that yet? It would be a lot simpler
than fail2ban or trying to keep up with their IP addresses.
Regards,
Andy
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