Wotbox
Search engine crawler

Wotbox

Wotbox is a historical search-crawler identity observed as Wotbox/2.01; current operator activity and a maintainable first-party identity model could not be established.

Operator Wotbox

About this bot

Wotbox is a crawler associated with Wotbox and used for search indexing.

Primary directory identity signal: Wotbox/2.01. Representative HTTP identity: Wotbox/2.01.

Directory status: Legacy. Identity classification: Unverified with Low confidence. Identity type: historical observed.

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

Also known as
Wotbox

Details

Kind
Crawler
Family
Wotbox
Purpose
Search indexing
Common Use
Historical web crawling and search indexing.
Respects robots.txt
Unknown

Verification

Identity Type
historical-observed
Evidence Method
Treat Wotbox/2.01 only as a historical marker; do not infer a currently authenticated operator from a modern request carrying it.
Detection Notes
Historical sightings exist, but current project/operator evidence is insufficient. Retained for legacy log identification.
Website controls
Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Wotbox Disallow: /
Apache Rule
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Wotbox/2.01" botcrawl_match=1
Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Wotbox/2\.01") { set $botcrawl_match 1; }

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