I am new here, so I apologize if this is the incorrect forum to post this.

I run my own forum, and have been gradually using the phpMyadmin control panel. I find it very useful. The forum software I am using is Invision Power Board v2.0.

I've recently been getting searched by inktomisearch.com and I am interested in blocking the MAC addresss. As a side note, I'm aware of the robots.txt file that I can use. I know how to <insert> a value in the ibf_banfilters section of the PHP Admin panel. I know you can use terms like name, ip, and email in the ban_type field. What term do I use to let PHP know I'm blocking a MAC address? Or can't I do that?

Thanks.

You can't block MAC addresses.

what you can do is creating a '.htaccess' file with a deny line in it, like
place that file in your forums dir will stop this crawler from accessing your site.

This method is faster then using PHP

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