A lot of false positives – but missing actual bots
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I downloaded Bad Behavior yesterday as a way to combat the bots that have been hitting my Subscribe2 plugin. This morning, I woke up to see that 275 attempts to reach my site were blocked in a single night. The most frequent reason for blocking entries was “Required Header ‘Accept’ Missing.”
Meanwhile, the number of bots that got through to hit my email subscription list was a bit higher than it had been recently.
I may be mistaken, but it seems as though Bad Behavior was blocking a lot of legitimate users from getting to my site, while allowing actual bots to walk right in.
Any explanation or assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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