It easier and more effective to block them in Cloudlfare's firewall. Go to security section >> WAF and then click the link for custom rules.
You can add a rule for user agents, you add multiple user agents to single rule using OR. e.g if useragent contains zyz OR abc block the request.
As far as the counties if you expect most of your traffic from a single country or a few countries instread of trying to block countries whitelist ones you expect your legitmate traffic. e.g. if a country does equal US or CA then use a JS Challenge. Of course you would use whatever countries you expect legitimate traffic. The JS challenge does not outright block traffic but it's difficult for bots to get through. Legitimate traffic should be fairly seamless with little inconvenience.
You can add a rule for user agents, you add multiple user agents to single rule using OR. e.g if useragent contains zyz OR abc block the request.
As far as the counties if you expect most of your traffic from a single country or a few countries instread of trying to block countries whitelist ones you expect your legitmate traffic. e.g. if a country does equal US or CA then use a JS Challenge. Of course you would use whatever countries you expect legitimate traffic. The JS challenge does not outright block traffic but it's difficult for bots to get through. Legitimate traffic should be fairly seamless with little inconvenience.
Statistics: Posted by thecoalman — Thu Jul 04, 2024 3:08 am