apache 2.4.39 linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.7-default x86_64 Our site has beset with numerous search engine queries for URLs that have *never* existed on the site. They have the form:
/condalia1398.xml.gz /heling348628-h1819-746-be2dochmiacal-97a2-/6a465d7hll78i1/ where the digits are randomly changed. The search bots of Google and Bing are the most prevalent producing 1000s of 404s per day. Not a particular CPU burden, to be sure. Annoying nevertheless. The following blocks the bots but also legitimate requests as well. deny from 66.249.0.0/16 googlebot deny from 157.55.0.0/16 bingbot deny from 40.77.167.0/24 deny from 207.46.13.0/24 Is there a way to write a filter that blocks the above URL patterns without generating a 404 response? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think.
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