Overview
Arachnid Shield API is a security scanner from Canadian Centre for Child Protection used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Arachnid Shield; a representative HTTP user-agent is Arachnid Shield per <ipaddress> (+https://projectarachnid.com/shield).
Arachnid Shield API is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Arachnid Shield API is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
Arachnid Shield API can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Arachnid Shield API belongs to the Arachnid Shield bot family.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Arachnid Shield - HTTP Agent Examples
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Arachnid Shield per (+https://projectarachnid.com/shield) - Robots Token
- Arachnid Shield
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `Arachnid Shield` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Security
- Kind
- Agent
- Family
- Arachnid Shield
- Purpose
- Security
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Arachnid Shield API is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
- Detection Notes
- Arachnid Shield API traffic is primarily detected by the `Arachnid Shield` user-agent pattern; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Arachnid Shield per (+https://projectarachnid.com/shield)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Canadian Centre for Child Protection infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- Arachnid Shield API has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Do not block
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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User-agent: Arachnid Shield Disallow: /
Relationships
- Operator
- Canadian Centre for Child Protection Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.