Firewall blocking multi type

  • Resolved sevun

    (@sevun)


    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hi,

    I have bot coming everyday on specific page and leave the page. This activity has a very negative impact on my SEO. I would like to be able to block traffic for a specific PAGE bases on multi cumulative factor such as BOT/HUMAN (maybe specific type of BOT), COUNTRY etc.

    As I understand from support this feature is not available yet, so I suggest you share here if you would like to have this feature. It would strongly improve to fight again malicious BOT.

    Thanks

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  • Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    Hi @sevun

    About half of all internet traffic is bot traffic so seeing a lot of bot traffic is normal.

    You say that it is a “malicious” bot. Please provide a very precise and detailed description for how you know that it is a malicious bot.

    You can use the Expand All results on the Tools >> Live Traffic page and use an image sharing service to provide a link of a screenshot of a visit from this bot.

    You can use the Custom Pattern blocking rules:

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/blocking/#custom-pattern

    Be very careful with the Browser User Agent rule if you are not fully sure what you are doing as you can very easily block a generic user agent and block a lot of legitimate visitors.

    Thread Starter sevun

    (@sevun)

    You say that it is a “malicious” bot. Please provide a very precise and detailed description for how you know that it is a malicious bot.

    A bot which clic on a page and a leave. It has negativ impact on SEO

    Be very careful with the Browser User Agent rule if you are not fully sure what you are doing as you can very easily block a generic user agent and block a lot of legitimate visitors.

    That’s why we need a tool to block only specific page/user/region and to cumulate factor will reduce the potential negative impact. Now we can block only all a country we need to be more specific.

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by sevun.
    Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    Hi @sevun

    Thank you for the reply.

    You can use the Expand All results on the Tools >> Live Traffic page and use an image sharing service to provide a link of a screenshot of a visit from this bot.

    I can then see if it is actually an unfriendly or unwanted bot and if there is a viable way that you can block it using the Custom Pattern blocking rules.

    Thread Starter sevun

    (@sevun)

    Thank you.

    I don’t have doubt that this bot clicking on the same page. Your premium support has already look into it. I hope you will consider to develop such feature as probably other users need it.

    regards.

    Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    Hi @sevun

    Thank you for the update.

    If you have a premium license then please always open a premium support ticket below:

    https://support.wordfence.com

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