The server is running on Apache, and trying to block libwww-perl, but not sure why it's not working. I've put the following in my .htaccess, but when I run the test I still get the notification that libwww-perl is still not blocked.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww-perl.*
RewriteRule .* – [F,L]
I viewed the post here How to create .htaccess and block UserAgent libwww-perl?
But it seems they are running IIS7 so I don't think the answers there apply.
I've tried adding:
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Wget" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailSiphon" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailWolf" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^libwww-perl" bad_bot
<Location />
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=bad_bot
</Location>
Which was suggested in another article http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/1443-how-to-block-libwww-perl, but that gives me an internal server error 500
Any ideas?
Kind Regards
Best Answer
Try the block below, I just tested it myself on one of my Apache setups and it worked fine.