Ability to block specific user-agents
I am seeing a lot of FacebookBot user agents connected to my stream, from different places, but banning each IP is rather time-consuming. It would be good to be able to ban the entire group based on the platform. Implementing this feature would be much appreciated.
Comments: 6
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30 Jun, '21
James H Becker MergedIn the Analytics / Real Time area, please filter (?) out the FacbookBots. When displayed, these clutter the broadcaster dashboard and make it very difficult to manage listeners and stats.
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10 Aug, '21
Ionut Sarghi Admin"Facebook Bot" (suggested by James H Becker on 2021-06-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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09 Jan, '23
Raymond Barbier MergedWould be nice if we could ban/block a certain user agent I.E. FFmpeg, VLC, etc. I have had issues with FFmpeg users running out my TLS by connecting 24hrs a day and baning ip is only a temp solution they can change ip or may have dynamic ip so rebooting router allows them to reconect.
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11 Jan, '23
Ray BarbierWell I am dealing more with a certain user that is using FFmpeg , i feel they are either Ripping the music or streaming it due to them being on 24 hrs a day, done IP blocking constantly only to have them either reboot their router or obtaining a new IP. So adding an area to add Blocking User Agents would be a nice addition. I know its possible since I have seen it in a Opensource project called Azurcast. Really a Good Tool to keep those TLS killers off your station.
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26 Jan, '23
Ionut Sarghi Admin"User Agent Ban / Block" (suggested by Raymond Barbier on 2023-01-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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18 Aug, '23
Peter PalagoniaBlocking FFmpeg would be great! I do not care if I loose listeners if those are blocked. They are on my stream 24/7. They are making streaming useless if they are accruing TSL hours! They are like mice in the house!
Thanks!