Nikto
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Operated by Open-source
security
Nikto — open-source web server scanner that tests for dangerous files, outdated software, and common misconfigurations.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Nikto/
Example user-agent string:
Mozilla/5.00 (Nikto/2.1.5) (Evasions:None) (Test:Port Check)robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Nikto:
Allow full access
User-agent: Nikto/
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: Nikto/
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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References
See Nikto on your own site
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