Bot intelligence record

RyeBot

Usually allow

Use the ryebot identifier to separate Rye security scanning or verification traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Security Verified Bot Confidence: Medium Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
Rye
Family
Rye
Type
Security
Source type
Verified Directory
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

Rye
ryebot
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: ryebot
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.

Security scanning, malware checks, abuse prevention, compliance review, or vulnerability monitoring.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Rye
Family
Rye
Type
Security
Purpose
Security
Identity type
Verified Bot
Confidence
Medium
Last verified
2026-04-19
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Verified Directory
Verification
Public verified bot directory listing
Spoofing risk
Medium

Notes

RyeBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a security scanner from Rye. The primary identifier for log review is ryebot.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: ryebot
  • Family: Rye
  • Type: Security
  • Kind: Scanner

Common use

Security scanning, malware checks, abuse prevention, compliance review, or vulnerability monitoring.

Verification and handling

Confirm the user-agent against server logs and use published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, or other trust signals when available.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.

Robots.txt handling: Unknown.

Evidence and Source

  • Public verified bot directory listing
  • Match `ryebot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • Security scanning, malware checks, abuse prevention, compliance review, or vulnerability monitoring.
  • Medium

https://bots.fyi/d/ryebot

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