Did You Know? robots.txt is Not a Security Mechanism
robots.txt can tell bots what not to crawl—but it cannot stop them from directly requesting a page.
💡 Did You Know?
robots.txt can tell bots what not to crawl—but it cannot stop them from requesting a page.
robots.txt is a crawler policy, not an access-control mechanism. A Disallow rule does not prevent a bot from directly requesting the URL. If a page truly needs to be protected, access control, authentication, or server-side security controls are required.
This distinction is particularly important when managing private paths, internal endpoints, or sensitive content on an e-commerce storefront.
Savan Koradia
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