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      notaduck
      last edited by

      Hello. i have a problem here, i am hosting a webpage and snort is marking all googlebots as fake user agents….
      is there an easy way to fix this so google is allowed to scan the website?

      i have tried to fin a list with the ip's but i am not sure if i can trust the content on the sites i have found.

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        fsansfil
        last edited by

        Go to the Snort Alert Tab, under the Source IP youll see a small + icon, click on on it. It will Add This Alert to the suppress list and track by_src IP. You can do the same with Destination IP…

        Also, when writing custom rules, you can add negate IPs. From this example, it will triggers from any $EXTERNAL_NET IPs, but not 8.8.8.8

        alert tcp [$EXTERNAL_NET,!8.8.8.8] any -> $HOME_NET [80,443]
        
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          notaduck
          last edited by

          but how can i be sure it is google ? and not a fake on i supress ?

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            fsansfil
            last edited by

            Verifying Googlebot
            https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/80553?hl=en

            Google crawlers
            https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1061943?hl=en

            F.

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