A new update is available for [XTR] IP Threat Monitor by Offical.
Scraping bots often ignore error responses and continue hammering your site with requests to restricted pages, user profiles, and non-existent content. This fix ensures these bots are now properly detected and blocked, reducing server load and protecting your content.
Configuration
Location: Admin CP → Options → IP Threat Monitor
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[XTR] IP Threat Monitor 1.0.28
Update highlights
This update fixes a critical bug in the error page rate limiting feature based on customer feedback. The feature now works as intended, providing better protection against scraping bots that ignore error responses!Scraping bots often ignore error responses and continue hammering your site with requests to restricted pages, user profiles, and non-existent content. This fix ensures these bots are now properly detected and blocked, reducing server load and protecting your content.
Location: Admin CP → Options → IP Threat Monitor
- Enable Error Page Rate Limiting - Turn the feature on/off
- Error Page Threshold - Number of errors before blocking (default: 10)
- Error Page Time Window - Time period in seconds (default: 300)
- Balanced: Threshold 10-15, Window 300 seconds
- Aggressive: Threshold 5-10, Window 180 seconds
Complete Change Log
- Expanded error detection (401, 403, 404 HTTP codes)
- Login redirects now counted as errors (for guest users)
- Added error template detection
- Separate counter system working properly
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