htaccess question to stop hitbot

[BobbyR]

My server is getting hit hard by someone using a hitbot. My logs reveal the referring domain. I want to deny access to my site from this domain. I am not interested in redirecting the hits, just denying access to my server. Will this work if I had this code to my .htaccess file?

<Limit GET>
deny from .banneddomain.com
allow from all
</Limit>

[Energy Hosting]

No, that will not work.
Try searching this bbs, remember someone posting a solution for a similar problem.

[Ludedude]

No, that won't work because the code you posted will only deny access if the person is coming from within that domain, not referred by it. There's a big difference.

[BobbyR]

ok thanks Ludedude
what do you suggest to use to deny access to a person referred by a domain?

[andy2000]

try this

AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html
Options FollowSymLinks Indexes ExecCGI Includes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteOptions inherit
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} banneddomain1.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} banneddomain2.com
RewriteRule /* http://www.sendnoplace.com