BackStreet Browser

Getting 403'd with .htaccess

[guitaristinus]

They call it a browser, but it's actually a site downloader. Google search has lots of info about it. UA is "BackStreet Browser". So ...

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BackStreet\ Browser [NC,OR]

has been added to my .htaccess file.

Any problems with this?

[sitz]

Depends on what else you have in your .htaccess file. =)

Easy enough to test, though:

telnet www.example.com 80
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: www.example.com
User-Agent: BackStreet Browser

If you get the 403 *and* you can access the site with a regular browser, you're set. =)