gazz/5.0

Need to update .htaccess file

[guitaristinus]

A new version of gazz/2.1

[webmasterworld.com...]

From my log:
210.173.179.26 - - [07/Nov/2004:00:09:09 -0500] "GET /mysite/page.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 6229 "-" "gazz/5.0 ([e-mail])"

I'm changing my .htaccess file from
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^gazz/2.1
to
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^gazz.*

Is ^gazz.* right?

[balam]

> Is ^gazz.* right?

Yes it is. You now also know why version numbers in your RewriteCond's aren't always a good thing... :)

[jdMorgan]

I like

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^gazz/

No ambiguity about the user-agent name, and accepts anything following the slash...

Jim

[guitaristinus]

Thanks.

Jim, I am trusting you and replaced a bunch of .* with a /

[wilderness]

Jim has far more experience than I at rewrites and has assisted me on many occasions.
I prefer the KISS (Keep It Simple and Stupid.)

^gazz

covers most bases and catches "anything that begins with gazz" regardless of what may come after those characters.

The same rule (modified to web) works for the multiple bots whose name begins with web to harvest pages.

[balam]

The nice thing is that we're all correct and in the end, it just boils down to personal preference!