From 955521359a75df055ed6b28788f66eb2c3052a75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: El RIDO Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:39:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] amended wording --- doc/Installation.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Installation.md b/doc/Installation.md index b1cb7074..782cdb9e 100644 --- a/doc/Installation.md +++ b/doc/Installation.md @@ -121,12 +121,13 @@ More details can be found in the ### Web server configuration A `robots.txt` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It requests search -engines to not index your site so the paste keys are not leaked. It is recommended -to place it into the root of your web directory if you have installed PrivateBin -in a subdirectory. Make sure to adjust it, so that the file paths match your -installation. Of course you can also adjust an existing `robots.txt` file. More -bot detection is implemented in JavaScript, but note none of these mechanisms is -a 100% fail-safe way to prevent non-human visitors on your site. +engines to not index your site so the paste keys are not leaked and bots and other +automation tools not to crawl the contents. It is recommended to place it into +the root of your web directory if you have installed PrivateBin in a subdirectory. +Make sure to adjust it, so that the file paths match your installation. Of course +you can also adjust an existing `robots.txt` file. More bot detection is +implemented in JavaScript, but note none of these mechanisms is a 100% fail-safe +way to prevent non-human visitors on your site. A `.htaccess.disabled` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It blocks some known robots and link-scanning bots. If you use Apache, you can rename the