Moz (rogerbot)

  • Resolved a1exus

    (@a1exus)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hello,

    I’m trying to use “Moz Pro” (https://moz.com/) , yet BBQ plugin blocks the “rogerbot”:

    access.log:54.221.207.56 - - [19/Apr/2021:16:55:01 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 3236 "-" "rogerbot/1.2 (https://moz.com/help/guides/moz-procedures/what-is-rogerbot, [email protected])"
access.log:216.176.180.76 - - [19/Apr/2021:16:55:10 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 3236 "-" "rogerbot/1.2 (https://moz.com/help/guides/moz-procedures/what-is-rogerbot, [email protected])"
access.log:216.176.180.76 - - [19/Apr/2021:16:55:12 +0000] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 403 3236 "-" "rogerbot/1.2 (https://moz.com/help/guides/moz-procedures/what-is-rogerbot, [email protected])"

    As I disable BBQ plugin, “rogerbot” is able to scan site without any issues.

    How do I allow this bot in? while keeping BBQ plugin enable? And why is it blocking this bot at the first place?

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Glad to help:

    1) “How do I allow this bot in?”

    You can use the free addon plugin to add the following rule:

    $bbq_whitelist_user_agent_items = array('rogerbot');

    2) “why is it blocking this bot at the first place?”

    Because “rogerbot” is the reported user agent for a wide variety of malicious and/or nuisance requests. Moz Pro may not actually be making the requests, which is one reason why it’s possible to add/remove patterns from the firewall.

    I hope this helps, let me know if I can provide any further infos.

    Thread Starter a1exus

    (@a1exus)

    Jeff,

    Just to be clear, is this correct?

    # egrep '^\$bbq_whitelist_user_agent_items' ./wp-content/plugins/bbq-whitelist.php 
$bbq_whitelist_user_agent_items   = array();
$bbq_whitelist_user_agent_items = array('rogerbot');
#

    much appreciated)

    also, as user’s feedback, maybe let user make changes via interface instead of editing php code?)

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Yes that works, or you can just do like:

    $bbq_whitelist_user_agent_items = array('rogerbot');

    Should work fine.

    Thanks also for your feedback, much appreciated.

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Jeff Starr.
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