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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:40:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: URL scanning by bots
From: Yehuda Katz <yehuda@ymkatz.net>
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On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Christian Folini wrote:

> But you can try it out for yourself easily with
> 2-3 ModSecurity rules and the "pause" directive.
>
Someone suggested the same idea to me and I tried it out on one of my
servers by setting PHP as the 404 handler and having it loop there. (which
saves you the trouble of setting up mod_security if you already have PHP).
I noticed increased server load and no decrease in bot requests.
- Y

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On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Christian Folini  wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">But you can try it out for yourself easily with<br>
2-3 ModSecurity rules and the &quot;pause&quot; directive.<br>
</blockquote><div>Someone suggested the same idea to me and I tried it out =
on one of my servers by setting PHP as the 404 handler and having it loop t=
here. (which saves you the trouble of setting up mod_security if you alread=
y have PHP). I noticed increased server load and no decrease in bot request=
s.<span></span></div>
<div>- Y</div>

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