ForestEngine
recommended: observeForestEngine scans publicly accessible internet services and records TLS certificates, response headers, service banners, and web homepages. The data powers Forest's search engine for discovering hosts, services, and exposed infrastructure.
What it does
ForestEngine's traffic pattern depends on the intelligence being collected. It may revisit specific pages on a schedule, crawl broader sections of your site, or appear only when information is requested. Its request scope and frequency reflect the underlying objective.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
ForestEngine
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control ForestEngine:
Allow full access
User-agent: ForestEngine
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: ForestEngine
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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See ForestEngine on your own site
Botscope shows every bot and AI agent hitting your site — and lets you allow, challenge, or block each one. Observe first, enforce when you're ready.
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