About this bot
hecBot is a fetcher associated with Check Point Software Technologies and used for malicious-link-analysis.
No fixed HTTP User-Agent is required for this record. Use the signed request identity and protocol-level authentication signals when present.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: signed agent.
robots.txt behavior is currently unconfirmed. Do not assume robots.txt alone will control this traffic.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling is to evaluate the request context before allowing, rate-limiting, or blocking.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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No fixed HTTP User-Agent published; verify HTTP Message Signatures.
Details
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Family
- Check Point
- Purpose
- Malicious link analysis
- Common Use
- scanning links for malicious intent
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
Verification
- Identity Type
- Signed agent
- Evidence Method
- Validate cryptographic HTTP message signatures or the record's signed-agent identity when available. Do not treat an arbitrary User-Agent string as proof of identity.
- Detection Notes
- Identify candidate traffic using the signed-agent identity and HTTP message-signature fields. Treat unsigned lookalike requests as unconfirmed.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Use server-side controls if restriction is required.