Recommended settings for Firewall Rules

  • What would be the recommended settings for the following firewall rules. i’ve no idea what it is. i’m curious to know about it…

    If anyone’s requests exceed:
    If a crawler’s page views exceed:
    If a crawler’s page views exceed:
    If a crawler’s pages not found (404s) exceed:
    If a human’s page views exceed:
    If a human’s pages not found (404s) exceed:
    If 404’s for known vulnerable URL’s exceed:
    How long is an IP address blocked when it breaks a rule:

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  • Immediately block fake Google crawlers: Yes
    How should we treat Google’s crawlers: Verified Google crawlers have unlimited access to this site
    If anyone’s requests exceed: 30 per minute (1 every 2 seconds) then throttle it.
    If a crawler’s page views exceed: 960 per minute (16 per second) then throttle it.
    If a crawler’s pages not found (404s) exceed: 960 per minute (16 per second) then throttle it.
    If a human’s page views exceed: 240 per minute (4 per second) then throttle it.
    If a human’s pages not found (404s) exceed: 120 per minute (2 per second) then throttle it.
    If 404’s for known vulnerable URL’s exceed: 30 per minute (1 every 2 seconds) then throttle it.
    How long is an IP address blocked when it breaks a rule: 12 hours

    i think i had my settings wrong. i looked up a few IPs and found they were bots from yandex, amazon, etc.

    So after changing the firewall rules should i reping my site to search engines?

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