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Hello,<br><br>> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:36:24 -0500<br>> To: nginx@nginx.org<br>> From: nginx-forum@nginx.us<br>> Subject: Re: Nginx geoip redirect based on country codes but exclude googlebot<br>> <br>> Hello,<br>> <br>> Just to confirm, your configuration works fine, i have applied it today,<br>> still wondering if it would be better to use refferrer or ip ? Any<br>> suggestions ? Thank you.<br>> <br>> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,151401,151657#msg-151657<br><br><div>The GoogleBot header can be faked.</div><div>See e.g. <a href="http://www.zhacks.com/2010/05/06/view-restricted-website-by-cloacking-as-googlebot/">http://www.zhacks.com/2010/05/06/view-restricted-website-by-cloacking-as-googlebot/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I'd go for the IP range.</div><div><br></div><div>Hendrik</div>                                            </body>
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