SmarshBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTProviding archiving solutions to clients for compliance purposes Operated by Smarsh.
What is SmarshBot?
SmarshBot is a web crawler operated by Smarsh. Providing archiving solutions to clients for compliance purposes
Identification
SmarshBotWhy it crawls your site
SmarshBot crawls websites to scan for security vulnerabilities and potential threats. It is operated by Smarsh as part of their security infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow SmarshBot
Add a Disallow rule for SmarshBot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block SmarshBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: SmarshBot Disallow: / # Allow SmarshBot full access User-agent: SmarshBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows SmarshBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Smarsh's documentation.
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