Comments on: Block Unwanted Spam Bots Using Varnish VCL http://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl WordPress and Web Dev From the Ground Up Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:46:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tkphttp://omninoggin.com/web-development/block-unwanted-spam-bots-using-varnish-vcl/#comment-3163 tkp Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:59:28 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=159#comment-3163 Hey, thanks for the tips and trick! I've add user agents such as "Hajiv" to prevent SQL Injection, XSS and such. Hey, thanks for the tips and trick! I've add user agents such as "Hajiv" to prevent SQL Injection, XSS and such.

]]> By: stefhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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: Felipehttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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: erikhttp://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: Mackhttp://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: Alberthttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Cryerhttp://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 Kareesonhttp://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 Mistakeshttp://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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