Add Bot Blocker - Apache User-Agent blocking manager
Features:
- Enable/disable bot blocking with one click
- Blocks security scanners (nikto, sqlmap, nmap, etc.)
- Blocks aggressive SEO bots (AhrefsBot, SemrushBot, etc.)
- Blocks AI crawlers (GPTBot, Claude-Web, ChatGPT-User, etc.)
- Blocks generic scrapers (Go-http-client, etc.)
- Automatic backups before changes
- Apache syntax validation before applying
- Safe restart with rollback on failure
- View current configuration
- Manage backups and restore
Configuration:
- File: /etc/apache2/conf.d/includes/pre_main_global.conf
- Blocks 24+ malicious bot user-agents
- Returns HTTP 403 Forbidden to blocked bots
- Zero impact on legitimate traffic
Integrated into Security Menu (option 16)
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