I'm not sure apache can do that but I have one linux box setup as firewall, 
patched with patch-o-matic and I do this what you want with iptables.

На 19.6.2005 12:20 dtufs написа:
> We have been trying to cut down our bandwidth usage by
> disallowing access for many spammers and malevolent
> bots. We are currently doing it via .htaccess and
> respond with the "403 Forbidden" code.
>
> However, this still costs us some bandwidth. What we
> would like to do is close the connection without even
> responding to any bad's visitor request. Bad visitor
> is detected by examining the user agent and/or
> referrer, or requested URI (never by examining the IP
> address).
>
> Is this possible to do on Apache (running on Red Hat)?
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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