Robotcop: enforcing your robots.txt policies and stopping bots before they reach your website
Dec 10, 2024Celso Martinho, Will Allen, Nelson Duarte
Summary
This post introduces 'Robotcop,' an extension of AI Crawl Control, which allows customers to programmatically enforce their robots.txt policies against AI bots. It provides visibility into which AI services are honoring robots.txt and enables the automatic translation of these policies into WAF rules for network-level enforcement, moving from voluntary compliance to mandatory adherence.
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