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#17523 google bot?

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 07:00 CDT

Monday, 16 September 2013 07:59 CDT

brintop99
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Description of my issue:
IP : 66.249.78.3 Neighborhood Host : crawl-66-249-78-3.googlebot.com

this triggered Reason: template= in URL. do iblock them or wsa this google please?
thanks

Monday, 16 September 2013 08:32 CDT

nicholas
Look in https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/admin-tools/web-application-firewall.html#waf-configure under "Allow site templates". Read that information to understand what you're doing and why. Then enable the "Allow site templates" option and click on Save & Close.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Monday, 16 September 2013 08:50 CDT

brintop99
so was that a google bot or a fake? thanks

Monday, 16 September 2013 09:18 CDT

nicholas
Most likely (read: with 99% confidence) it was Google Bot. We can't say for sure as Google doesn't publish the exact IPs of Google Bot.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Tuesday, 17 September 2013 04:35 CDT

brintop99
so by setting Allow site templates do i need to list the template in the Allow direct access, including .php files, to these directories?

most attacks i get.. (a lot of them daily on lots of joomla sites) mainly use the template= in URL withthout the mention a google bot.

Tuesday, 17 September 2013 07:00 CDT

nicholas
No. You only need to set "Allow site templates" to Yes.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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