Comments on: A Smarter Way To Block Referer Spam http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/ Technology Reviews, Movies and TV Shows, Personal Finance, Politics, Environment, Books... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: shirtrat(dot)net http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/#comment-50 shirtrat(dot)net Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:34:21 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/#comment-50 <strong>Rambling Thoughts > A Smarter Way To Block Referer Spam - Bhatt.id.au</strong> Rambling Thoughts > A Smarter Way To Block Referer Spam - Bhatt.id.au I think I may have found a way to stop all the comment spam emails that I need to approve everyday. I had recently turned off all of my comments but by following those instructio... Rambling Thoughts > A Smarter Way To Block Referer Spam – Bhatt.id.au
Rambling Thoughts > A Smarter Way To Block Referer Spam – Bhatt.id.au

I think I may have found a way to stop all the comment spam emails that I need to approve everyday. I had recently turned off all of my comments but by following those instructio…

]]> By: Neerav http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/#comment-49 Neerav Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:07:20 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/#comment-49 I have been experimenting further and found an even better rule than the one in the article: <code> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^(http://www.)[a-z]+-[a-z]+- [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/ [R=301,L] </code> The main improvements is that if a computer attempts to referer spam your website, the attempt gets redirected back to itself :-) I have been experimenting further and found an even better rule than the one in the article:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^(http://www.)[a-z]+-[a-z]+- [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/ [R=301,L]

The main improvements is that if a computer attempts to referer spam your website, the attempt gets redirected back to itself :-)

]]> By: Loblogomy: A blog by Aaron Logan http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/#comment-51 Loblogomy: A blog by Aaron Logan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/#comment-51 [...] wn .htaccess that covers some of the newer spammers, including a rewrite condition I found <a href="http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/2004/11/13/a-smarter-way-to-block-referer-spam/">here</a> which covers the now common spam referer domain structures such [...] [...] wn .htaccess that covers some of the newer spammers, including a rewrite condition I found here which covers the now common spam referer domain structures such [...]

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