Why Your Robots.txt File Is Crucial for Website Security

Website owners may tell web crawlers or robots, such search engine spiders, whether pages or directories on their site should be crawled or not crawled by using a text file called a “robots.txt” file. This file may not have been created with security in mind, but it may accidentally divulge information about the site’s directory structure, which might be beneficial to attackers.

The Risks of an Improperly Configured Robots.txt File

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