Following are the actions that you can take against bots on your site:
Allow (Response Code : 0)
On selecting this action bot traffic is allowed onto the customer's site
Challenge CAPTCHA (Response Code : 2)
A CAPTCHA challenge is shown in this case. The challenge needs to be solved in order to access the page on your site.
Block (Response Code : 3)
The bot is shown a block page. It is disallowed entry into the site.
Feed Fake Data (Response Code : 4)
A dummy page of the site is shown to the bot which has fake data. This is used to mislead the bot into getting false data.
Throttle (Response Code: 6)
Slows down the loading time of a page request. A configurable sleep time can be provided for this response.
Drop (Response Code: 7)
Similar to the block page, a drop page will display a page to the customer without any valid feedback to the end user.
Session Termination (Response Code: 8)
Using this response you can forcefully choose to end the session of a bad user.
Redirect Loop (Response Code: 9)
Bots get looped in a cycle of redirection ending up with a drop page.
Note : This will take up extra CPU utilization so we recommend hosting an extra server for this.
Log Only (Response Code: 10)
Customer can use this response just to monitor bots without taking any action.
Custom Response (Response Code: 11)
Using this response you can choose to take a specific action against bad bots depending on your business needs
Please write to support@shieldsquare.com for any clarifications.