#Security

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15 Jun 2026 / 12 min read / Servers and Hosting

Blocking Fake Googlebot (and Bingbot) Traffic With Nginx

Fake Googlebot traffic can quietly hammer your server. Here is how to verify crawlers against Google and Bing's official IP ranges in nginx and drop the impostors.

24 Mar 2024 / 3 min read / General

Integrating AbuseIPDB With the Nginx Ultimate Bad Bot Blocker Script

The Nginx Bad Bot Blocker script is fantastic and a no-brainer to install on any Nginx server hosting publicly accessible websites. As great as it is though, I’ve recently noticed a significant increase in the number of attacks on the servers which I administer and websites in general. So I looked into into integrating the