Redactus Web Classifier

Neutral Block: Depends Verified robots.txt: No

Web classifier: fetches a site’s homepage to assign a category and rechecks periodically.

Key facts

Source type: Unknown
Confidence: Medium
Last verified: 2026-04-19
Last checked: 2026-04-19
Verification: Validate the published identifier against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
Operator URL: https://bot.redactus.co.uk/docs
Source URL: https://bot.redactus.co.uk/docs
Spoofing risk: User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or stronger verification when available.

User-agent: RedactusWebClassifier
Disallow: /

(http.user_agent contains "RedactusWebClassifier")

Advanced server rules

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} RedactusWebClassifier [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]

if ($http_user_agent ~* "RedactusWebClassifier") { return 403; }

Validate the published identifier against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
Web classifier: fetches a site’s homepage to assign a category and rechecks periodically.
User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or stronger verification when available.