WordPress/MU Bot

[dstiles]

I've just been hit by this from two IPs.

There is relevance in the visit - I know this client has links in a wordpress blog - and would like to help if these can be guaranteed genuine bots.

First one:

IP: 74.200.245.nnn (VirtaCore servers)
rDNS: None
UA: WordPress/MU; [[RelevantWPsection].wordpress.com...]
Hits: 18 to same 403'd page

Second one (with more authority):

IP: 66.135.48.nnn (ServerBeach)
rDNS: web6.admin.sat.wordpress.com
UA: WordPress/MU; [[RelevantWPsection].wordpress.com...]
Hits: 18 to same 403'd page

Possibly one is for link-testing or text and the other for images or something similar?

I do wish companies would identify their bots properly! And provide a bot identity page!

[keyplyr]

I block that UA due to past image scraping.

[dstiles]

Thanks. I was on the verge of allowing them when I went through my logs and found three or four other wordpress UAs from a variety of servers and mostly with no reasonable rDNS.

If I allow any it will be one of those with wordpress.com in the rDNS but of the two I had this month I'm not sure I trust them: one of them hit a site with no associated blog and it tried to hit a contact form.

I don't want to penalise my customer but I do want to ensure the bots are not forgeries, which most of them seem to be, or misguided ones such as the contact-form one.