filterdb.iss.net/crawler/

194.153.113.35

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Mozilla/5.0+(compatible;+oBot/2.3.1;++http://filterdb.iss.net/crawler/)

194.153.113.35

did not grab robots.txt

[iamzippy]

Thanks for that, but are all those + signs actually in the UA, or are they mere artefacts? ... [projecthoneypot.org ]
It very much matters...

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ;[^\ ]

[dstiles]

194.153.113.0/24 IBM Germany - blocked

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yes, those plus signs were in the UA, just as i posted.

doing research, it's IBM out of Germany.

[iamzippy]

Precise syntax does matter.

But 'doing research' is aka 'due diligence', like what savvy folks here ordinarily take care of before posting stuff.

Without that, you can expect a response amounting to nothing more than random inanity. As demonstrated here by the 'usual suspects'.