blocking a domain with htaccess (hitbotter) - GoFuckYourself.com

Darrell · 10-11-2004, 12:21 PM

I'm trying to block a domain using htaccess that is hitbotting my site. I've tried using several code variations like

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*site1.com/* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*site2.com/* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*site3.com/* [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.wherever.com [R,L]

and whatever I do my site always comes up as either a '500 internal server error' or a 403 forbidden page. What am I doing wrong? I really appreciate any help with this.

Thanks.

Sexzity · 10-11-2004, 12:23 PM

http://www.htaccesstools.com/

421Fill · 10-11-2004, 12:24 PM

http://www.htaccesstools.com could help

Darrell · 10-11-2004, 12:30 PM

Thanks for the replies. I tried the code at http://www.htaccesstools.com/ but I'm still getting the same errors which makes me think I need to change something on the server to use htaccess.

Fabuleux · 10-11-2004, 12:33 PM

Check your apache errorlog to see what's wrong

Lycanthrope · 10-11-2004, 12:39 PM

Try this:

^http://(www\.)?offendingdomains.com.*$ [NC,OR]
...

and change .* to ^(.*)$ on your redirect line

Darrell · 10-11-2004, 01:04 PM

Thanks Lycanthrope, but I still get an error page.

Lycanthrope · 10-11-2004, 01:07 PM

Did you upload in ASCII mode?

I suppose it is possible Mod Rewrite isn't enabled... check w/ the host

Darrell · 10-12-2004, 07:20 AM

Mod Rewrite is enabled and i did upload in Ascii mode :-)

I got the code below to work and it blocks the domain ok, but also stops UCJ tracking any incoming traffic! Does anybody have any idea why it's stopping UCJ from tracking incoming traffic?

Thanks for any replies.

Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*site1.com/* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*site2.com/* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.*site3.com/* [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.somewhere.com [R,L]

10-11-2004, 12:21 PM	#1
Darrell Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In bed asleep Posts: 803	blocking a domain with htaccess (hitbotter) I'm trying to block a domain using htaccess that is hitbotting my site. I've tried using several code variations like RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.site1.com/ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.site2.com/ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.site3.com/ [NC] RewriteRule .* http://www.wherever.com [R,L] and whatever I do my site always comes up as either a '500 internal server error' or a 403 forbidden page. What am I doing wrong? I really appreciate any help with this. Thanks.

10-11-2004, 12:24 PM	#3
421Fill Super Mario Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Swenson's Avatar Posts: 19,410	http://www.htaccesstools.com could help __________________ RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!

10-11-2004, 12:33 PM	#5
Fabuleux Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,543	Check your apache errorlog to see what's wrong __________________

10-11-2004, 12:39 PM	#6
Lycanthrope Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,517	Try this: ^http://(www\.)?offendingdomains.com.$ [NC,OR] ... and change . to ^(.*)$ on your redirect line __________________

10-11-2004, 01:07 PM	#8
Lycanthrope Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,517	Did you upload in ASCII mode? I suppose it is possible Mod Rewrite isn't enabled... check w/ the host __________________

10-11-2004, 12:23 PM	#2
Sexzity Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cyperspaces! Posts: 1,329	http://www.htaccesstools.com/

10-11-2004, 12:30 PM	#4
Darrell Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In bed asleep Posts: 803	Thanks for the replies. I tried the code at http://www.htaccesstools.com/ but I'm still getting the same errors which makes me think I need to change something on the server to use htaccess.

10-11-2004, 01:04 PM	#7
Darrell Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In bed asleep Posts: 803	Thanks Lycanthrope, but I still get an error page.

10-12-2004, 07:20 AM	#9
Darrell Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In bed asleep Posts: 803	Mod Rewrite is enabled and i did upload in Ascii mode :-) I got the code below to work and it blocks the domain ok, but also stops UCJ tracking any incoming traffic! Does anybody have any idea why it's stopping UCJ from tracking incoming traffic? Thanks for any replies. Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.site1.com/ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.site2.com/ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.site3.com/ [NC] RewriteRule .* http://www.somewhere.com [R,L]