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Hello Alvin63. Found this info regarding LiteSpeed & Apache compatibility while doing some searches...in case you were interested: "LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is designed as a drop-in replacement for Apache, meaning it reads and understands Apache's configuration files like httpd.conf and...

Thanks for posting all that Alvin63. I'm not a coding expert...I probably couldn't accurately answer the "older sytax" (Older Apache vs. Litespeed) question. Great your Server Bot knew what to do!:)

Thanks very very much for this...really appreciate it. Not sure what version of Apache your server is running...while updating my .htaccess & doing some investigating...came across this and wanted to share with you/everyone in case it helps. I'm not a coding/Apache expert. Info in the...

Thanks for clarifying.:)

Cool. I'll add them to the .htaccess...and see if Singapore IP Bot activity stops. Thanks

100% agree...these AI Scraper Bots are causing all sorts of issues. The reddit robots.txt is pretty serious (in theory it should be blocking Googlebot as well)....usually a bot no one usually wants to knowingly block! But you know how it is...the Good Bots will obey robots.txt...and the...

Thanks much minihoot. When you say "In the admin panel, go to the Cloudflare section"...are you referring to: Going the Cloudflare website...then the Cloudflare Dashboard? In the Xenforo AdminCP? The DigitalPoint XF Add-On for Cloudflare? Just wanted to be sure...been a lot of stuff...

When I track the individual IP locations (such as the IP's in the screenshot I posted above)...all of them point to Singapore as the IP location. Not 100% sure if this is accurate (I haven't tried blocking all traffic from Singapore)...or if the AI Bots are hiding their true location.

I do have a lot of the CloudFlare Spam & Bot settings activated. I'm positive I have the AI Bot settings turned on (and some others)...including the setting for DDoS attacks. But I probably need to double check if I've missed anything. Pretty sure I don't have the "I'm Under Attack" turned...

Thanks much. I actually do have an older version of the DigitalPoint Add-On for CloudFlare installed...but it's a much older version. The newest version has much much more incorporated. So much stuff...it's almost overwhelming! Lol

Not sure exactly. I do know in the same hour of checking the Access Logs...could be up to 100+ similar IP's from the same geography in the world (same country). Here's an example. Notice how the IP address's are very similar (and this is just the top 10 IP's in terms of most hits from the...

Yes definitely have Robots.txt (probably have 30+ individual bots listed there). But of course Robots.txt only works if the bots choose to follow Robots.txt rules. Yes also have some bots defined in .htaccess using the "Allow" or "Deny" rules. The problem with the AI Scraper Bots I'm having...

This is still a big positive. Eliminating "spammy" new registrations is still helpful!:)

Ok I see. Thanks for confirming Turnstile is working. Bummer that Turnstile doesn't have any way of stopping these bots. Yes I have tried blocking individual IP's (and IP ranges)...but these AI Scraper Bots keep rotating the IP's they use...thus the blocks only work for a short time...

Hmmm...that's a bummer. I thought Turnstile was supposed to oversee any website visitors...and if they looked "shady"...Turnstile was supposed to challenge them with some sort of CAPTCHA...or simply refuse them access to the site. Thanks for the reply.:)