Block Bad Bot Ruleset
A Cloudflare Firewall Rules ruleset to block malicious crawlers, spam referrers, and other bad internet traffic.
What is Block Bad Bot Ruleset?
Cloudflare Block Bad Bot Ruleset is a ruleset for Cloudflare Firewall Rules that blocks malicious web crawlers, spam referrers, adware, malware, and other harmful internet traffic. It helps website owners reduce unwanted and potentially dangerous automated traffic by filtering requests based on User-Agent strings and IP addresses.
Website administrators and developers using Cloudflare who want to add an extra layer of protection against bad bots and automated threats without configuring complex WAF rules manually.
It provides a pre-configured, community-maintained ruleset that is easy to deploy via Cloudflare's Firewall Rules interface, saving time and offering protection inspired by popular bot-blocking projects like nginx-badbot-blocker.
Overview
:vertical_traffic_light: Block malicious crawlers with Cloudflare Firewall Rules
Use Cases
Best For
- Blocking known malicious crawlers and SEO spam bots
- Reducing unwanted traffic from automated vulnerability scanners
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