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Every day my cache gets aggressively spidered - usually a return visit looking for files which no longer exist - and apache crashes as a result.
Robots.txt does not stop them - so every time apache crashes I check the logs and block the offending IP. A few hours later a new IP spiders the cache (all overseas IP numbers). I do this several times a day which is getting annoying.
Is there a way to stop the spidering of the cache files without affecting the operation of the forum? A permissions setting perhaps?
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I would first check cp>primary settings>general tab>advanced options
See if Enable Spider-friendly URLs? is turned on. If it is I would start with turning that off.
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I would want to keep the spider friendly urls. I want the spiders to access the posts - but not the cached copy of the posts.
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If the spider is ignoring the robots.txt it's an agressive/abusive spider and you should probably ban it... Any idea which it is?
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The user agent just has the browser and operating system - and it is not the same for each incidence. I banned 4 IPs already today (and yesterday and the day before etc.) - they just keep coming.
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