Nmap Scripting Engine

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Non-Compliant

What is Nmap Scripting Engine?

About

The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) is one of Nmap's most powerful and flexible features. It allows users to write (and share) simple scripts to automate a wide variety of networking tasks. Those scripts are then executed in parallel with the speed and efficiency you expect from Nmap. Users can rely on the growing and diverse set of scripts distributed with Nmap, or write their own to meet custom needs.

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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html) in your logs?

If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Nmap Scripting Engine has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html)

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Expected Behavior

This bot visits websites for various purposes including content analysis, data collection, or automated tasks. Its behavior may vary depending on its specific function and configuration.

Should I Block Nmap Scripting Engine?

This bot is marked as non-compliant, which may mean it doesn't respect robots.txt or engages in aggressive crawling behavior. You may want to consider blocking it if it's causing issues for your site.

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How Do I Block Nmap Scripting Engine?

You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.

User Agent Tokens

Nmap Scripting EngineShould match instances of this bot

robots.txt

# robots.txt
# This should block Nmap Scripting Engine

User-agent: Nmap Scripting Engine
Disallow: /

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