How to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt file (www.cyberciti.biz)

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 7 points 3 months ago

Is the page linked in the site anywhere, or just mentioned in the robots.txt file?

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

Only in the robots.txt

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 8 points 3 months ago

Excellent.

I think I might be able to create a fail2ban rule for that.

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024

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