I'm not an Apache expert, but it seems you can set an environment variable: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_setenvif.html#browsermatch -or- http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_setenvif.html#browsermatchnocase then you can set a deny directive based on that environment variable: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_access.html#deny For an example of how this works, see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_access.html which can be reached (number 1 hit) via: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Apache+how+to+deny+based+on+user+agent Cheers Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "John C Bullas" <jcbullas at nildram.co.uk> Subject: Re: [thelist] blocking User Agent = vobsub : At 08:08 21/02/2004, you wrote : >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : >From: "John C Bullas" <jcbullas at nildram.co.uk> : >Subject: [thelist] blocking User Agent = vobsub : > : > : >: User Agent = vobsub : >: : >: what do I put in .htaccess to block this agent!!! : >: : >: 55 404s!!!!! : >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : > : >I think you obsess a little too much about these 404s. If you're going to : : You have to have something to play with... : : Someone please tell me how to block vobsub or any other user agent please : and leave me to deal with whether I'm obsessive about 404s or not ;) : : I just happen to want to know how to block agents that's all! : : FB : : >block every user agent that generates more than a few dozen 404s, I don't : >know what you're going to do when you start getting a few hundred thousand : >page views/month (or more). : : Don't have any other agents that don't kick up so many errors unless they are : telling me I forgot to put another blessed robots.txt in! : : -- : * * Please support the community that supports you. * * : http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ : : For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester : and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org : Workers of the Web, evolt ! :