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How To Block Google’s Web Accelerator – Update #2
Note: This is an update to:
Please make sure you adjust your existing .htaccess code for optimum protection!
(bro) We’ve detected further Google Web Accelerator (GWA) IP ranges, namely:
64.233.172.0 – 64.233.172.255 and 64.233.173.0 – 64.233.173.255
To block the new ranges as well as the previously referenced one, you will need to modify the RewriteCond line in your .htaccess file:
previous
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^72.14.192.
new
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^(72.14.192.|72.14.194.|64.233.172.|64.233.173.)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^Mediapartners-Google
Using the pipe symbol “|” you can include additional ranges in the checking pattern (pipe is a logical OR).
And as you can see, multiple IP ranges are embedded in rounded brackets “( )”.
Please note that we have added a new condition to avoid blocking the Mediapartners spider
because this spider is also using the IP range 64.233.173.0 – 64.233.173.255
So please find our adjusted code samples below.
RewriteEngine onOptions +FollowSymlinksRewriteBase /RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^(72.14.192.|72.14.194.|64.233.172.|64.233.173.)RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^Mediapartners-GoogleRewriteRule ^.*$ - [F]
And:
RewriteEngine onOptions +FollowSymlinksRewriteBase /RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^(72.14.192.|72.14.194.|64.233.172.|64.233.173.)RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^Mediapartners-GoogleRewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/gwa-forbidden.html$RewriteRule ^.*$ /gwa-forbidden.html
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