htaccess: Block bad bots for security purposes

31st July 2018
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Apache, Security
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Block unwanted bad bots, scrapers and default CLI user agents commonly used by scrapers and bots, using Apache and .htaccess.
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htaccess: HTTP to HTTPS redirect

18th July 2018
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Apache, General, Hints, Tips & Techniques, Security
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Redirect HTTP to HTTPS or Non-HTTPS to HTTPS to secure your website traffic with SSL encryption. Keep the internet secure and your visitors happy.
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Redirect requests for files & folders which dont exist with .htaccess

8th February 2012
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The Void
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Normally if a visitor requests a file or folder which doesn’t exist your web server will respond with a 404 file not found error message, this isn’t the best looking error message and so it’s common to setup a redirect so instead of the web server showing the default page you can use a custom
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