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No "fake msnbot" or "fake bingbot"?
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 6:17 pm
by gaia
I regularly see "fake googlebot" alerts. But I just searched the last 7 days and found not one single "fake msnbot" or "fake bingbot". I understand fake googlebots are more common, but I find this very unlikely. Therefore, I would like to confirm this works as intended. could someone please tell me if they've found "fake msnbot" or "fake bingbot" alerts in their logs?
thank you
Re: No "fake msnbot" or "fake bingbot"?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:10 am
by gaia
Any bot identifying itself as MSNbot is fake. MSNbot was
retired in 2010.
Modsec needs an update.
Re: No "fake msnbot" or "fake bingbot"?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:46 pm
by mikeshinn
Microsoft still uses msnbot in the UA field, example:
msnbot-65-55-215-97.search.msn.com - - [14/Nov/2013:04:33:35 -0500] "GET /forums/images/smilies/icon_idea.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 575 "-" "msnbot-media/1.1 (+
http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)"