Comments on: Block Unwanted Spam Bots Using Varnish VCL http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/ WordPress and Web Dev From the Ground Up Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:09:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: stef http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2718 stef Fri, 07 May 2010 02:59:19 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2718 scrapers clone the googlebot user agent string and have for years. scrapers clone the googlebot user agent string and have for years.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2713 Thaya Kareeson Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:52:21 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2713 I'm not sure why that would be the case. I haven't touch Varnish VCL for so long now I wouldn't be of much help. I'm not sure why that would be the case. I haven't touch Varnish VCL for so long now I wouldn't be of much help.

]]> By: Felipe http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2712 Felipe Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:45:37 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2712 I am having a problem where the iPhone user agent should redirect the browser to a different site, what happens is if the user goes to the site like <a href="http://site.com/" target="_blank">http://site.com/</a> it does not redirect but if the user goes into <a href="http://site.com/default.asp" target="_blank">http://site.com/default.asp</a> it works correctly. Any ideas what can be done? I am having a problem where the iPhone user agent should redirect the browser to a different site,
what happens is if the user goes to the site like http://site.com/ it does not redirect but if the user goes into
http://site.com/default.asp it works correctly.
Any ideas what can be done?

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2628 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2628 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2629 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2629 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2630 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2630 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2631 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2631 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2632 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2632 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2633 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2633 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2634 Thaya Kareeson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2634 Indeed. See <a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-honey-pot-httpbl-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h...</a> for a better solution. Indeed. See http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/project-h... for a better solution.

]]> By: erik http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2627 erik Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:42:54 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2627 Counterproductive. This pushes harvester/spambots towards using a IE/Firefox user agent string and getting stealthy. Which we do not want. Counterproductive. This pushes harvester/spambots towards using a IE/Firefox user agent string and getting stealthy. Which we do not want.

]]> By: Mack http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2607 Mack Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:44:41 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2607 This might work for a while until "harvesters" find a new way. This might work for a while until "harvesters" find a new way.

]]> By: Albert http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-2578 Albert Fri, 29 May 2009 02:14:45 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-2578 Varnish is really great - thanks for the idea. I found your post while searching for a method to combine similar user agents like Firefox and Iceweasel to increase cache hits because I use vary: user-agent. And Apache is awesome too, but the days when I would put it on the front line are long gone! Varnish is really great – thanks for the idea. I found your post while searching for a method to combine similar user agents like Firefox and Iceweasel to increase cache hits because I use vary: user-agent.

And Apache is awesome too, but the days when I would put it on the front line are long gone!

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-747 Thaya Kareeson Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:11:12 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-747 @Phil Cryer<br>Glad that it helped you out! @Phil Cryer
Glad that it helped you out!

]]> By: Phil Cryer http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-746 Phil Cryer Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:33:51 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-746 This is great, I've always done mod_rewrite rules to redirect hot linkers, and a long block in httpd.conf to shut out bad bots, but moving both upstream to Varnish is a great idea! Thanks for the effort. This is great, I've always done mod_rewrite rules to redirect hot linkers, and a long block in httpd.conf to shut out bad bots, but moving both upstream to Varnish is a great idea! Thanks for the effort.

]]> By: Thaya Kareeson http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-177 Thaya Kareeson Sun, 04 May 2008 19:04:22 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-177 That does make sense :). Doh! This post only targeted 1% of my audience. That does make sense :) . Doh! This post only targeted 1% of my audience.

]]> By: JTPratt's Blogging Mistakes http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-175 JTPratt's Blogging Mistakes Sat, 03 May 2008 20:22:42 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-175 You always see .htaccess fixes because 99% of blog owners are on a shared web host... =) You always see .htaccess fixes because 99% of blog owners are on a shared web host…

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