wilderness
msg:4533187 | 10:12 am on Jan 4, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I keep getting image requests from 70.37.130.8 with a blank user agent.
I can't block blank UAs because of some of the services that we use dont send the UA info... go figure.. |
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Sure you may.
Just used multiple condition focused upon both the UA & IP.
There's an old thread around on MS Dynamic Hosting [webmasterworld.com]
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wilderness
msg:4533188 | 10:26 am on Jan 4, 2013 (gmt 0) |
# deny blank UA; IP ONLY
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^-?$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^70\.37\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-8][0-9]|19[01])\.
RewriteRule .* - [F]
FWIW, it's my understanding if your server has installed the latest version of Apache (2.4-?) that you may use CIDR.
My el-cheapo still has 2.2 installed.
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wilderness
msg:4533189 | 10:29 am on Jan 4, 2013 (gmt 0) |
And not intending to hi-jack this thread, however I had some email correspondence via a website inquiry and the email header contained the following:
65.54.190.zzz
Microsoft Hosting
Anybody have a clue if MS has a similar hosting range in the 52-55 Class B?
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Bewenched
msg:4533308 | 6:36 pm on Jan 4, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I'd tried blocking some of these hosting ranges of theirs only to find that bing shopping was pulling their images from that range.... pisses me off that they aren't supplying a user agent.
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wilderness
msg:4533313 | 6:43 pm on Jan 4, 2013 (gmt 0) |
do bing shopping visitors show a refer?
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keyplyr
msg:4533440 | 1:12 am on Jan 5, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I've blocked blank UA for close to 10 years:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^-?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^HEAD$
RewriteRule !^(favicon\.ico|403\.html|w3c/p3p\.xml|w3c/policy1\.xml|robots\.txt)$ - [F]
But allow HEAD requests for the above files.
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wilderness
msg:4533476 | 5:45 am on Jan 5, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| I've blocked blank UA for close to 10 years: |
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As have I and many others (standard practice even at the suggestion of SE's and confirmation of DNS), however apparently his situation is unique.
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not2easy
msg:4533477 | 5:56 am on Jan 5, 2013 (gmt 0) |
You can verify IPs at bing dot com/toolbox/verify-bingbot
Not the most useful way to do things.
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